Microsoft secretly develops cloud computing AI chip to enhance cloud business services

　For Microsoft today, the Windows business is no longer their *, and related businesses have been marginalized. After adjusting its mindset, Microsoft now focuses all its efforts on cloud services related businesses, such as cloud computing, AI, and artificial intelligence. With these two businesses, they are also expected to impact a trillion dollar market value

In order to have powerful cloud services, Microsoft is willing to invest and compete with AWS and Google. If a dedicated processor is used, Microsoft can prove that it is serious and wants to improve the level of AI services for cloud business.

In the field of cloud computing, Microsoft has been researching AI computing technology and developing FPGA chips called Project Brainwave. In Azure services, there are already some machine learning software ready for use, and Microsoft can use these chips to enhance the software, train AI models, and make AI models run. Last year, Microsoft announced that it had developed a customized AI chip for the next generation HoloLens MR headset, which is not related to the cloud department.