Microsoft has been in talks with TSMC to secure manufacturing capacity for more than 300,000 of its next-generation Maia 300 AI chips for delivery in 2027, with a longer-term target running past 1 million units. The plan surfaced on Monday in a report citing people with direct knowledge, which put the unveiling as soon as September.Both companies stayed quiet. Microsoft withheld comment when approached, and TSMC remained silent outside business hours, leaving the volumes, the timing and the Anthropic pitch on reported footing while the Maia 200 specification below comes from Microsoft's own disclosures.About The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.
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