Apple's self-designed AI server chip Baltra expected to be manufactured by TSMC using N3E process
Hacker News · 2026年4月30日
AI要約
•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.