Power of Apple's M7 & M8 chips was born from Apple Car research
We've been telling you this for years — Apple Car research wasn't lit on fire, and the fruits of Apple's labor on it will be seen in artificial intelligence performance in the M7 and M8 processor. 16-inch MacBook Pro will be the first to get M7 Pro processors Before AI used to be called Apple's biggest failure , that title went to the Apple Car which was cancelled after ten years of development and ten billion dollars of investment. AppleInsider argued at the time that Apple Car research would pay off, but now both of these failures are being recast as positives, with Bloomberg saying this research is being used in designing future AI processors. The report claims that for the future M7 and M8 processors, Apple is concentrating more on AI support than on issues such as overall speed and power efficiency. This reportedly means that these chip designs for the Mac and Apple Intelligence servers are based on the company's efforts toward a self-driving car. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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We've been telling you this for years — Apple Car research wasn't lit on fire, and the fruits of Apple's labor on it will be seen in artificial intelligence performance in the M7 and M8 processor. 16-inch MacBook Pro will be the first to get M7 Pro processors Before AI used to be called Apple's biggest failure , that title went to the Apple Car which was cancelled after ten years of development and ten billion dollars of investment. AppleInsider argued at the time that Apple Car research would pay off, but now both of these failures are being recast as positives, with Bloomberg saying this research is being used in designing future AI processors. The report claims that for the future M7 and M8 processors, Apple is concentrating more on AI support than on issues such as overall speed and power efficiency. This reportedly means that these chip designs for the Mac and Apple Intelligence servers are based on the company's efforts toward a self-driving car. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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We've been telling you this for years — Apple Car research wasn't lit on fire, and the fruits of Apple's labor on it will be seen in artificial intelligence performance in the M7 and M8 processor.
16-inch MacBook Pro will be the first to get M7 Pro processors Before AI used to be called Apple's biggest failure , that title went to the Apple Car which was cancelled after ten years of development and ten billion dollars of investment.
AppleInsider argued at the time that Apple Car research would pay off, but now both of these failures are being recast as positives, with Bloomberg saying this research is being used in designing future AI processors.
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