Apple Working With Broadcom to Develop First AI Server Chip: Report

Apple is creating a brand new server chip that’s designed to allow assist for options powered by synthetic intelligence (AI) in partnership with semiconductor producer Broadcom, in keeping with a report. The corporate beforehand introduced that it might offload processing for a few of its Apple Intelligence options to the cloud, but it surely has but to utilise its personal processor tailor-made for AI functions. Apple has additionally rolled out assist for extra Apple Intelligence options on iOS, iPadOS and Mac computer systems, together with ChatGPT integration with Siri.

Apple Reportedly Creating ‘Baltra’ Server Chip for AI Processing

Citing three individuals accustomed to the corporate’s plans, The Data experiences that Apple is engaged on a server chip for AI functions. The iPhone maker already produces its personal processors for its units, which supply some on-device AI options, and the brand new in-house chip might be used to carry out AI processing on Apple’s servers.

Apple’s new server chip for AI processing is codenamed Baltra, in keeping with the publication, and the businesses are stated to be engaged on the networking know-how utilized by the processor, which will probably be used to carry out AI duties requested by a person on the cloud.

The corporate’s newest iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 updates — released on Wednesday — launched new on-device Apple Intelligence options like Genmoji and Image Playground, in addition to ChatGPT integration which requires entry to the web.

The report states that the chip design is more likely to be accomplished inside a yr, however it’s presently unclear whether or not it is going to be used to energy the corporate’s present AI options through Apple’s Private Cloud Compute (PCC) cloud-based AI processing system that was introduced earlier this yr.

With PCC, the corporate says it could actually provide assist for Apple Intelligence options that depend on a lot bigger server-based fashions — these presently run on Apple Silicon chips — to carry out AI duties which are too advanced for on-device processing. Earlier this yr, Apple stated that it might not retailer person information on PCC servers, apart from dealing with a request and that customers would be capable to confirm the corporate’s privateness claims.