# NB560: Microsoft Doubles Down on Custom AI Chip; CrowdStrike Brandishes Big Bucks for Browser Security

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Podcast: [Network Break](https://stenobird.com/podcast/network-break-906307)
Published: 2026-02-02T18:22:21+00:00
Episode link: https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/network-break/nb560-microsoft-doubles-down-on-custom-ai-chip-crowdstrike-brandishes-big-bucks-for-browser-security/
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Duration seconds: 2021

## Resource

Take a Network Break! We’ve got Red Alerts for HPE Juniper Session Smart Routers and SolarWinds. In this week’s news, Microsoft debuts its second-generation AI inferencing chip, Mplify rolls out a new Carrier Ethernet certification for supporting AI workloads, and AWS upgrades its network firewall to spot GenAI application traffic and filter Web categories. Google ... Read more »

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