Apple technology developers have been designing their own AI processors/chips specifically for data centers and going that path is intended to yield better results for AI capabilities on its servers' network. 

This strategy, which Apple abbreviated as Project ACDC (Apple in Data Center), was first given attention by the Wall Street Journal after sources related to the matter confirmed it. The development of Apple's chip division has shifted the company from being a consumer electronics giant to a top contender in AI.  This project is one of the critical branching into infrastructure that is AI oriented. 

Presenting the Inference, instead of the Training

AI chips will certainly have the major purpose to tackle inference – the process that yields the prediction of decisions using AI models – not training AI models that remain Nvidia’s exclusive territory. Should this become the focus of Apple’s strategy, it will definitely be the way to accelerate and streamline AI feature deployment across Apple’s devices and services. 

A week ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook made explicit the buzz of more AI features in the near term: AI depicts the roadmap of the company’s using of advanced AI technologies in their offerings. 

Collaboration and Uncertainty

Getting assistance from its partner TSMC, it is therefore displayed that the development of these chips is a symbol that the collaboration is indeed ongoing between the two tech giants particularly in chip production. 

Nevertheless, it is important to note that regardless of these ongoing efforts and advances, the allegedly imminent release dates of these AI chips are blurry if not non-existent, as of now. 

Apple followers were eager to see if the stock performance of the company would increase since it is getting into a deeper AI technology.  The slight uptick seen in the stock right after the news suggests this optimism of the investors. Apple’s AI progress is unlikely to stop there and is being expected with enthusiasm.  

New iPad models featuring more advanced AI capabilities will most likely be demonstrated at a virtual event that may be held in the near future.