Apple May Return to Server Market With Nvidia Technology
Apple May Return to Server Market With Nvidia TechnologyWednesday September 16, 2026 6:53 am PDT by Hartley CharltonApple is considering offering an AI server built around "M8" series chips and has discussed incorporating Nvidia networking hardware, The Information reports. The system would be sold to outside customers, potentially bringing Apple back into a business it left behind when it discontinued Xserve in 2011. Apple is reportedly targeting companies that want to run AI models on their own equipment, with a particular focus on inference and generating responses from trained models.
- ▪Apple May Return to Server Market With Nvidia TechnologyWednesday September 16, 2026 6:53 am PDT by Hartley CharltonApple is considering offering an AI server built around "M8" series chips and has discussed incorporating Nvidia networking
- ▪The system would be sold to outside customers, potentially bringing Apple back into a business it left behind when it discontinued Xserve in 2011.
- ▪Apple is reportedly targeting companies that want to run AI models on their own equipment, with a particular focus on inference and generating responses from trained models.
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Apple May Return to Server Market With Nvidia TechnologyWednesday September 16, 2026 6:53 am PDT by Hartley CharltonApple is considering offering an AI server built around "M8" series chips and has discussed incorporating Nvidia networking hardware, The Information reports. The system would be sold to outside customers, potentially bringing Apple back into a business it left behind when it discontinued Xserve in 2011. Apple is reportedly targeting companies that want to run AI models on their own equipment, with a particular focus on inference and generating responses from trained models. One option under consideration is Nvidia's NVLink Fusion, which provides hardware and software for exchanging data between chips.
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