Microsoft Integrates AMD AI Chips into Azure to Challenge Nvidia

The tech giant aims to enhance its cloud computing capabilities with AMD's MI300X processors and its own custom chips.

Microsoft's Azure cloud service will now offer AMD's MI300X AI chips, providing an alternative to Nvidia's H100 GPUs.
The integration is expected to help customers build and run large-scale AI models more efficiently.
Microsoft will preview its new Cobalt 100 custom processors, which offer a 40% performance improvement over previous models.
These developments will be detailed at the upcoming Build developer conference.
Microsoft continues to provide access to its in-house AI chips, Maia, through its cloud services.