Microsoft has hired Mike Filippo, a senior chip designer from Apple who has previously worked at ARM Holdings, Intel and AMD, as part of an effort to develop its own custom server chips for Azure cloud services, Bloomberg reported . The move underscores the strategic importance of semiconductor talent at a time as cloud providers are looking to gain an edge on rivals by building custom server...
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