custom silicon

Microsoft has quietly flipped the visible Windows version string to Windows 11, version 26H1, but the change is not the next mass-market feature drop — it’s a platform-focused engineering branch aimed squarely at enabling new silicon, and Microsoft says there is no action required for ordinary...

OpenAI’s deal with Broadcom to co-develop and deploy custom AI accelerators marks a decisive escalation in the race to control the computing backbone of generative AI — a strategic pivot that promises higher performance and lower marginal cost for the company’s large language models, while also...

Microsoft’s internal AI strategy has entered a new phase: after years of leaning on OpenAI for frontier models and privileged cloud access, the company is investing to build its own large-scale compute — including a dedicated AI chip cluster and first-party foundation models — as part of a...

Microsoft’s push into artificial intelligence is no longer an experiment — it’s a full-scale platform strategy that is reshaping productivity, enterprise operations, and the very architecture of the cloud, with the Copilot family, Azure AI services, GitHub Copilot, and a suite of industry...

Microsoft’s latest quarterly financial report confirms the scale and speed of the cloud revolution now reshaping the enterprise technology world. With Azure at the heart of its strategy, Microsoft has posted record-shattering results and executed one of the largest data centre expansions in...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has reached a new inflection point, propelled by a strategic and sustained bet on artificial intelligence that’s reshaping not just Microsoft but the entire enterprise IT landscape. Over the past year, Azure’s growth narrative has shifted from one of steady...

The rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence hardware has become a defining battleground for technology giants and investors alike, setting the stage for a new era of industry consolidation, risk, and opportunity. Never before has the contest to design, manufacture, and scale...

The cloud industry finds itself on the precipice of a transformative era, one where artificial intelligence and infrastructure agility will determine tomorrow’s leaders. Amidst this backdrop, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a strategic campaign aimed at reaffirming its dominance not just...

Microsoft's ambitious endeavor to develop custom AI hardware has encountered significant setbacks. The company's next-generation Maia AI chip, internally codenamed "Braga," is now slated for mass production in 2026, a delay from the initially planned 2025 timeline. This postponement not only...

At Microsoft Build 2025, CEO Satya Nadella delivered a keynote that underscored the company's unwavering commitment to artificial intelligence (AI) and its integration across Microsoft's product ecosystem. The event showcased a series of groundbreaking announcements, partnerships, and...

For decades, technological progress in computing has often been summarized by Moore’s Law—a projection set forth in 1965 by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, suggesting that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit would double roughly every two years, doubling computing power and...

For decades, the evolution of technology was mapped out along the neat lines drawn by Moore’s Law—the prediction that transistor counts in microchips would double roughly every two years, unlocking regular leaps in computing power. That simplifying rule was enough for a generation. Yet the rise...

Few companies in the technology sector generate as much attention—or raise as many eyebrows—as Microsoft does whenever it unveils its earnings or publicizes advances in artificial intelligence. The latest instance came with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's bold assertion that the company's AI model...

In today’s competitive tech landscape, high-performance computing (HPC) isn’t just for scientific research—it’s the lifeblood that fuels innovation from chip design to enterprise-scale applications. Microsoft’s latest deep dive into using Azure NetApp Files reveals how the company is...

In a world where the digital landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, the race for efficient, high-performance data centers has never been more intense. Among the key players in this dynamic environment, Arm is making waves by compelling industry titans like AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure...

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, Microsoft has rolled out a game-changing entrant—the Azure Boost DPU (Data Processing Unit). Making waves in the competitive DPU market, this innovative chip is engineered to enhance energy efficiency and performance in cloud environments...