Cloud providers turn to custom chips to meet high demand

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Squeezed between AI-driven demand for ever-faster computing, and shortages of the GPUs used to accelerate those workloads, hyperscalers are designing custom silicon for specific workloads to further improve performance while cutting costs.
Microsoft added two new chips-for-hire to the huge variety of hardware instances in its cloud computing catalog at its Ignite conference last week — and all […]
Cloud providers turn to custom chips to meet high demand