Apple Eyes 2029 Server Return With Nvidia Partnership for AI
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Updated · The Verge · Sep 16
Apple Eyes 2029 Server Return With Nvidia Partnership for AI
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Sep 16
Summary
Apple is weighing a return to servers nearly 18 years after exiting the market, with an AI-focused system that may not arrive until 2029, The Information reported.
The push is driven by surging AI compute demand and strong developer uptake of Mac Mini and Mac Studio machines, which have already faced shortages.
The reported design would use two or four M8 Ultra chips, extending Apple's ARM-based processors into enterprise hardware after the company retired Xserve in 2011.
Nvidia's NVLink Fusion is under consideration to link chips so they act as one system, signaling deeper ties after Apple recently used Nvidia chips for revamped Siri servers.
Any launch remains tentative, and the plan would mark Apple's biggest re-entry into enterprise hardware in years as AI infrastructure spending accelerates.