Aug 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT ) is planning to

publicly unveil its new Maia 300 chip this fall, potentially as

soon as next month, The Information reported on Monday, citing

people with direct knowledge of the plans.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) introduced the Maia chip in November 2023 but has

lagged its peers in ramping it up to scale as it looks to reduce

its reliance on Nvidia's costly processors.

The company has been in talks with chipmaker TSMC

to secure manufacturing capacity for more than 300,000 units of

the chips for delivery in 2027, according to the report.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) is looking to significantly ramp up production and

persuade major cloud customers such as Anthropic to adopt the

chip, the report said.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) did not immediately respond to a Reuters request

for comment. TSMC could not be reached for comment outside

regular business hours.

(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by

Anil D'Silva and Pooja Desai)