Apple Reportedly Developing AI Server Using M-Series Ultra Chips

Apple is reportedly developing a server built around multiple M-series Ultra chips designed for artificial intelligence workloads, according to a report from Ars Technica published Wednesday.

The report states the project is planned to debut in 2029 and could represent Apple's first entry into the enterprise server market in decades.

Apple's M-series chips, which currently power Mac computers, come in several tiers, with the Ultra variant representing the most powerful configuration. Combining multiple Ultra chips into a dedicated server would allow Apple to offer significantly greater computing capacity aimed at AI applications, according to the report.

Ars Technica did not specify further technical details about the server's design, capacity, or intended customers in the reported plans.

Apple has not commented publicly on the report. The company last sold enterprise server hardware, the Xserve line, before discontinuing it in 2011.

The reported move comes as major technology companies race to build specialized hardware for AI computing, a market currently dominated by chipmakers such as Nvidia and cloud providers including Amazon, Microsoft and Google.