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Apple's self-designed AI server chip Baltra expected to be manufactured by TSMC using N3E process

Hacker News · April 30, 2026

Apple's self-designed AI server chip Baltra expected to be manufactured by TSMC using N3E process

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  • •Apple and Broadcom are collaborating on an AI server chip codenamed Baltra, which is expected to be manufactured by TSMC using the N3E process (the second-generation 3nm fabrication technology).
  • •The Baltra chip is likely to use Samsung Electro-Mechanics' semiconductor glass substrate, with Samsung having already provided samples to Apple.
  • •Baltra is expected to be first deployed in Apple's security-focused cloud infrastructure to provide cloud computing services and reduce reliance on expensive NVIDIA GPUs, thereby lowering data center operating costs.
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