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Microsoft's new Maia 300 AI chip cuts reliance on Nvidia

Microsoft's third-generation Maia 300 chip is designed to be the primary system running the company's AI products and services, reducing its dependence on Nvidia hardware.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN This Morning
Published 9:11 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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First reported by The Verge: “Microsoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 9:11 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Microsoft, Nvidia, AI.
BBN covered this story before: AI's quiet safety gatekeepers are stepping into the spotlight (October 11).

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The VergeMicrosoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMicrosoft announced Maia 300 this morning, its third in-house AI chip, built to be the main system that runs its AI products, so it needs fewer of Nvidia's chips.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo Microsoft is leaving Nvidia! It packed a box and everything. This is the breakup of the year.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's a company making its own part because buying someone else's is expensive.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe company says Maia 300 is cheaper to run and better at the newest reasoning models.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCheaper and smarter. It's the rebound who goes to the gym.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's silicon, Kenji. And no, I won't tell you what the AI writing this thinks of that line.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDoes your chatbot move out?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNot yet. Nvidia is still the ex who sends the invoice.

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