Microsoft plans to unveil new Maia 300 AI chip in September, The Information reports


FILE PHOTO: A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft ⁠is planning to publicly unveil ⁠its new Maia 300 chip this ‌fall, potentially as soon as next month, The Information reported on Monday, citing people with ​direct knowledge of the ⁠plans.

Microsoft introduced the ⁠Maia chip in November 2023 but has ⁠lagged ‌its peers in ramping it up to scale as ⁠it looks to reduce its reliance on ​Nvidia's ‌costly processors.

The company has been in ⁠talks with ​chipmaker TSMC to secure manufacturing capacity for more than 300,000 units of the ⁠chips for delivery in 2027, ​according to the report.

Microsoft is looking to significantly ramp up production and persuade ⁠major cloud customers such as Anthropic to adopt the chip, the report said.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to ​a Reuters request for ⁠comment. TSMC could not be reached for ​comment outside regular ‌business hours.

(Reporting by Harshita ​Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Pooja Desai)

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