[Microsoft Stock Hits Near One-Year High as Company Announces Plans for Large-Scale Deployment of Proprietary AI Chips] BlockBeats News, October 12, according to BIT (Bit.com) market data, Microsoft stock reached a near one-year high, rising 0.8% intraday. On the news front, Microsoft plans to gradually increase the use of its self-developed AI chips in data centers to reduce reliance on NVIDIA GPUs. Microsoft stated that it will primarily rely on its proprietary Maia chip architecture to handle AI model requests in the future and plans to deploy gigawatt-level computing power on the Maia series chips. On Monday, Microsoft unveiled its third-generation AI acceleration chip, Maia 300, which is expected to go into production in 2027. Each data center rack can accommodate 96 Maia 300 chips, double the capacity of the previous generation Maia 200. Compared to GPUs, its AI Token processing capacity per rack can reach up to 7 times higher, and the number of Tokens processed per megawatt increases by approximately 40%. Microsoft claims that Maia 300 is expected to enhance AI service performance and reduce data center operating costs. Evercore ISI analysts estimate that by the first quarter of 2027, Maia chips will account for approximately 10% of Microsoft's AI chip expenditures.