Microsoft buys nearly 500,000 Nvidia flagship chips in 2024 2024年微软购买了英伟达近50万块旗舰芯片

SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft bought nearly 500,000 Nvidia Hopper chips this year, more than twice that of any of its biggest rivals.
圣弗朗西斯科（旧金山） -- 微软今年购买了英伟达近50万块Hopper芯片，比它最大竞争对手两倍还多。

The tech giant bought 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips across 2024, the Financial Times cited data from tech consultancy Omdia.
据《金融时报》引用的科技咨询公司Omdia数据显示，该科技公司2024年购买了英伟达48.5万块Hopper芯片。

Microsoft's 2024 chip purchase more than tripled the number of Nvidia chips the company bought in 2023.
微软2024年购买的芯片，比该公司2023年购买的英伟达芯片三倍还多。

Microsoft is also building its own custom artificial intelligence chips, called Maia, which it announced at its Ignite conference in late 2023.
微软还在打造自己的定制人工智能芯片，名称叫Maia，该芯片于2023年底在Ignite会议上宣布。

Microsoft also deepened its partnership with OpenAI and participated in the company's colossal $6.6 billion funding round in October.
微软还深化了与OpenAI的合作关系，并参与了该公司在10月的约66亿美元巨额融资。

Meta bought 224,000 of the same flagship Nvidia chips this year.
Meta 今年也购买了22.4万块相同的英伟达旗舰芯片。