The company i accelerating development of the M7 Ultra, which could upport up to 1.5TB of RAM.
The company i accelerating development of the M7 Ultra, which could upport up to 1.5TB of RAM.
Apple’ elf-driving car program never really got off the ground, but it may have been what made the company’ chip the powerful AI performer they are. Early in the development of the elf-driving platform, Apple realized that it would need powerful on-device AI proce ing. While the car proce or wa never fini hed, a Mark Gurman detail in hi late t Power On new letter, it did lead to the development of the Neural Engine, the backbone of Apple’ on-device AI proce ing.
The Neural Engine made it debut with the iPhone X and the A11 Bionic. In tho e early day , it wa primarily u ed for computer vi ion, powering Face ID, Animoji, and augmented reality feature . But by laying the groundwork for on-device AI proce ing, Apple e tabli hed it elf a an early leader by bringing the Neural Engine to de ktop with the M- erie chip . While Apple’ AI oftware effort have lagged behind the re t of the indu try, it hardware ha been impre ive. It’ al o what ha allowed Apple to tout it privacy feature , ince le data i ent to the cloud.
Apple i making it AI hardware a corner tone of it trategy going forward. According to Gurman, the company i kipping the Pro, Max, and Ultra ver ion of it upcoming M6 chip. In tead, it’ accelerating development of the M7, which hould arrive in the fir t half of 2027 with ignificant Neural Engine upgrade . The M7 Ultra i expected to be the ba i for a new erver product from Apple a well, with upport for up to 1.5TB of RAM.
