In an effort to improve its Azure networking and storage services, Microsoft announced on Monday that it is buying composable infrastructure services startup Fungible for an undisclosed sum.

In an effort to improve its Azure networking and storage services, Microsoft announced on Monday that it is buying composable infrastructure services startup Fungible for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition of Fungible by Microsoft is meant to improve networking and storage performance in datacenters using high-efficiency, low-power data processing units (DPUs). 

The acquisition of Fungible by Microsoft is meant to improve networking and storage performance in datacenters using high-efficiency, low-power data processing units (DPUs). 

According to Girish Bablani, corporate vice president of Azure Core, in a blog post.

According to Girish Bablani, corporate vice president of Azure Core, in a blog post.

Similar to hardware accelerators like graphics processing units (GPUs) and field-programmable gate arrays, data processing units.

Similar to hardware accelerators like graphics processing units (GPUs) and field-programmable gate arrays, data processing units.

Hyperscalers like Microsoft, AWS, and Google assert that using DPUs or smartNICs can boost performance and save costs over time.

Hyperscalers like Microsoft, AWS, and Google assert that using DPUs or smartNICs can boost performance and save costs over time.

According to Bablani, "Fungible's solutions assist offer high-performance, scalable, disaggregated, scaled-out data centre architecture with stability and security."

According to Bablani, "Fungible's solutions assist offer high-performance, scalable, disaggregated, scaled-out data centre architecture with stability and security."

He said that the acquisition will help Microsoft's efforts to reduce latency, expand data centre capacity, and manage energy and other costs throughout its data centre architecture.

He said that the acquisition will help Microsoft's efforts to reduce latency, expand data centre capacity, and manage energy and other costs throughout its data centre architecture.