Microsoft Stocks Rise Higher as Maia's Sevenfold Throughput Claim Faces Deployment Test

Microsoft, the cloud and software group NASDAQ:MSFT, rose about 1.0% to $546.74 at 11.10am EST on October 13 as investors weighed its plans for Maia 300. The custom AI chip is set to become the main inference system for Microsoft's products and services, with deployments beginning in 2027. The priz…