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Maya 200's Raw Performance Leap
- Microsoft built the Maya 200 as a purpose-built AI inference accelerator with >100 billion transistors.
- It delivers up to 10 petaflops at 4-bit and ~5 petaflops at 8-bit to run large language models efficiently.
From Maya 100 To Maya 200
- Jaeden recalls Microsoft moving from Maya 100 to the more advanced Maya 200 as a big step forward.
- He highlights Microsoft's motivation to reduce costs and customize hardware beyond third-party suppliers.
Inference Is The Growing Cost Driver
- Inference (running models) is becoming a dominant cost for AI companies as millions use models constantly.
- Small efficiency gains at the chip level yield large cloud-scale cost savings.