- By Vikas Yadav
- Sun, 08 Oct 2023 07:18 PM (IST)
- Source:IANS
Redmond-headquartered tech company Microsoft could announce its artificial intelligence (AI) chip at the annual 'Ignite' developers' meet in November, reported The Information. The first AI chip designed by Microsoft, reportedly code-named Athena, will serve data center hosts to train and serve large language models (LLMs) similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Citing sources, the report added the move will likely help the tech giant to ease the reliance on AI chips from Nvidia that have witnessed a supply crunch as the demand continues to skyrocket. Like the Nvidia GPU counterparts, these chips could serve the wide needs of the data centre of the company.
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In the current scenario, the servers deploy chips from the famous graphic card maker to power LLMs for cloud users, such as ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Intuit, and the company's AI offerings. The news outlet reported about the chip in the making first in April.
The chip might lock horns with the Nvidia H100 GPU used in Microsoft's servers. For context, the tech giant's 'Ignite' event will be held from November 14-17. In a related analogy, reports hinted that OpenAI was also planning to develop its in-house chips and was open to acquiring a firm involved in a similar domain.
OpenAI has been training its AI models on Microsoft-backed servers. (Image:Unsplash)
The Sam Altman-led company is reshaping its primary priority towards the acquisition of AI processors, which is also transitioning into a self-reliant angel, considering the dominance of Nvidia in this market and the supply constraints. CEO Altman flagged concerns around the expensive hardware and its skewed availability that keeps the OpenAI's offerings running.
The AI research and deployment firm has been training its AI models on Microsoft-backed servers powered by thousands of GPUs from Nvidia. Both companies have joined hands for AI integrations. Microsoft continues to integrate AI across its product line, including Windows, Bing and more.