The tech company is looking to develop its own chips for its Azure servers.
Microsoft confirmed a new hire on Wednesday who will play a key role in the company’s Arm processor designs. According to Bloomberg, Mike Filippo will work within Microsoft’s cloud computing service, Azure, to produce custom processors. Filippo will bring plenty of chip design experience to this new role since he previously worked at Apple, Intel Corp, and Arm Ltd. Over the past decade, Filippo has led the development of various Arm chips and was initially brought onto Apple’s team to work on its M1 chip in 2020.
