Microsoft, Musk Race to Reinvent the AI Chip
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The fact that Microsoft and Musk are testing up to ten chip designs a year underscores how volatile the AI hardware stack will be for the next cycle. If you're locking into long-lived infra or co-designing around a specific accelerator, bake in abstraction layers and renegotiation points—assume the silicon target will move.
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