Microsoft Ignite 2023: Maia, Cobalt AI Chips to Power Copilot and Azure Services Announced

Microsoft Ignite 2023: Maia, Cobalt AI Chips to Power Copilot and Azure Services Announced

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a duo of custom-designed computing chips, joining other big tech firms that – faced with the high cost of delivering artificial intelligence services – are bringing key technologies in-house. Microsoft said it does not plan to sell the chips but instead will use them to power…

For EV Batteries, Lithium Iron Phosphate Becoming Material of Choice

For EV Batteries, Lithium Iron Phosphate Becoming Material of Choice

As the auto industry scrambles to produce more affordable electric vehicles, whose most expensive components are the batteries, lithium iron phosphate is gaining traction as the EV battery material of choice. The popularity of the chemical compound known as LFP is due partly to environmental and geopolitical concerns. But technological…