San Francisco, United States, Oct 12, 2026 (AFP) - Microsoft bets on homegrown AI chip to challenge Nvidia

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Microsoft said Monday it will roll out its in-house Maia artificial intelligence chips on a massive scale starting in 2027, making them the main hardware for running AI across its products -- a move that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia. Chips like Maia are the technology inside the vast data centers powering the AI boom, and Microsoft plans to deploy enough of them to draw several gigawatts of electricity -- roughly the output of several larg......

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