Apple (APPL) & Broadcom Team Up: Why it’s Bad News For Nvidia
Apple is reportedly collaborating with Broadcom to develop its inaugural server chip, a chip meant for artificial intelligence processing. The announcement aligns Apple with other technology companies in developing proprietary chips to power compute-intensive AI services. As Nvidia’s chip technology is becoming more important to tech companies worldwide, Apple is looking to Broadcom to help develop an alternative and limit reliance on Nvidia. The AI chip, internally named Baltra, is anticipated to be ready for mass production by 2026. Apple plans to utilize one of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s advanced processes, known as N3P, for the chip’s fabrication, according to reports. Nvidia and Apple Continue to Do Battle in AI Space Nvidia’s costly and limited-supply processors are in high demand, a trend that has lasted throughout the past year. As a result, the company is growing in value, quickly catching up with Apple and other big-tech players. Apple and Nvi...