For Microsoft now, the Windows business is no longer their focus, and related businesses have been marginalized. After adjusting its thinking, Microsoft has now placed all its focus on businesses related to cloud services, such as cloud computing, AI artificial intelligence, and so on. With these two businesses, they are also expected to hit a market value of trillions of dollars
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 cloud business AI services.
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 stated that it had developed a customized AI chip for the next generation HoloLens MR helmet, which is not related to the cloud department.
