Using those files, anyone can implement Zipline in silicon, either as an extension to existing networking hardware or in FPGAs like Azure’s Project Brainwave accelerators.

Microsoft promises fast and flexible FPGA chips will unlock new AI abilities for customers using its Azure cloud-computing service.

CSPi Technology Solutions will deliver a next-generation cloud solution following Microsoft's Azure Well-Architected Framework, ensuring seamless support for the client's enterprise workloads.

Microsoft's Project BrainWave -- its effort to use Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology to provide fast AI processing in Azure -- is now in preview in a couple of different forms.