What is the 'Baltra' chip mentioned alongside the Apple-Broadcom deal?
Baltra is Broadcom's internal codename for a custom AI server chip it's developing for Apple, reportedly targeted for rollout as early as next year to support Apple Intelligence's cloud compute needs. It extends the Apple-Broadcom partnership from phones and wearables into AI data-center silicon.
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