The yield imperative: Turning AI infrastructure into useful intelligence

Microsoft's Rani Borkar argues the AI industry should adopt the semiconductor concept of 'yield' as its defining metric, focused on useful output rather than raw infrastructure scale. The piece describes how memory, networking and power co-design at Microsoft (Azure Maia, Azure Cobalt 200) aim to extract more usable intelligence from existing compute, framing efficiency and accessibility as the path to broader AI adoption.

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