Apple had been an early adopter and beta-tester for the company’s Trainium chips.
"This will be a multi-year AI journey that will define the future for Apple with its next generation chip architecture, hardware releases, and future iPhone models built around the AI foundation that many consumers will ultimately embrace."
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Martin has invited me — as your representative — to the 2025 Needham Growth Conference to participate in a panel on the future of Apple Inc.
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"As somebody who has been been building chips in various domains for 30 years, Apple is the best place [to work] because because you know exactly what to build. There's no guesswork."
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"You have to be an idiot to like Apple Intelligence. But don't take my word for it. That's what Apple believes too."
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"The device has a roughly 6-inch screen and looks like a square iPad. It’s about the size of two iPhones side by side, with a thick edge around the display."
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