These 64-bit chips are based on the Arm architecture and feature 128 cores. In addition to the Cobalt chips, Microsoft will also make AMD’s MI300X accelerators available to Azure clients next week.

The Azure Maia 100 and Cobalt 100 chips are the first two custom silicon chips designed by Microsoft for its cloud infrastructure. by Tom Warren Nov 15, 2023, 4:00 PM UTC ...

Today at its 2023 Ignite conference, Microsoft unveiled two custom-designed, in-house and data center-bound AI chips: the Azure Maia 100 AI Accelerator and the Azure Cobalt 100 CPU.