微软近日宣布推出两款自研的企业人工智能芯片：“Maia”和“Cobalt”。这两款芯片旨在加强其计算基础设施业务，为不同的企业工作负载提供高效的处理能力。
Maia 是一款以人工智能为中心的 GPU，专为生成人工智能工作负载运行基于云的训练和推理而设计。而 Cobalt 则是一款基于 Arm 的芯片，旨在高效处理通用工作负载。这两款产品将于明年部署在 Azure 中，首先为公司自己的数据中心驱动其 Copilot 和 Azure OpenAI 服务。
微软表示，Maia 和 Cobalt 的推出将帮助企业客户更高效地运行其应用程序，同时还能提高微软在云计算市场的竞争力。
新闻翻译：
Microsoft recently announced the launch of two self-developed enterprise chips, “Maia” and “Cobalt”. These chips are aimed at enhancing the company’s computing infrastructure business and provide efficient processing capabilities for different enterprise workloads.
Maia is a GPU designed centered on artificial intelligence for running machine learning workloads based on cloud-based training and inference. Meanwhile, Cobalt is a chip based on ARM designed for efficient processing of general workloads. These two products will be deployed in Azure next year, starting with the company’s own data centers, which will drive its Copilot and Azure OpenAI services.
Microsoft said that the launch of Maia and Cobalt will help enterprise customers run their applications more efficiently, while also increasing the company’s competitiveness in the cloud market.
【来源】https://venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-strengthens-infrastructure-play-with-in-house-maia-and-cobalt-chips/
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