Apple’s M6, M7 and M8 Chips Show How AI Is Reshaping the Company - Bloomberg.com
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- Apple's M6, M7, and M8 chips show how AI is reshaping the company's chip development roadmap
- Apple's failed self-driving car program left behind a legacy of powerful AI chips now informing new chip designs, per The Verge
- Apple's M7 Ultra chip is designed to match a 2019 Mac Pro feat, according to MacRumors
- One report from MacRumors suggests Apple may skip the M6 chip entirely for the next-generation MacBook
Why it matters: Apple's silicon roadmap is being reorganized around AI workloads, with the M7 Ultra reportedly engineered to match a 2019 Mac Pro feat and learnings from the scrapped car program feeding back into new chip designs — putting pressure on Apple's traditional annual upgrade cadence.
