Apple disclosed in a research paper that it used Google-designed chips rather than industry leader Nvidia to build two crucial components of its artificial intelligence software infrastructure for its upcoming suite of AI tools and capabilities.
In a research paper released on Monday, Apple (AAPL.O) revealed that it relied on Google-designed chips instead of market leader Nvidia to construct two essential parts of its artificial intelligence software infrastructure for its next suite of AI tools and capabilities. Because Nvidia’s (NVDA.O.) makes the most sought-after AI processors, Apple’s choice to rely on Google’s (GOOGL.O.) cloud infrastructure is noteworthy.
Nvidia holds around 80% of the market, including processors produced by Google, Amazon.com (AMZN.O.), OpenTable, and other cloud computing giants. Apple did not state clearly in the study report that it did not employ Nvidia chips, but it did not make any mention of Nvidia hardware in its explanation of the hardware and software infrastructure of its AI tools and capabilities. The manufacturer of the iPhone claimed to have employed two varieties of Google’s tensor processing unit (TPU), which are arranged in sizable chip clusters, to train its AI models.
Apple utilized 2,048 TPUv5p chips to create the AI model that would run on iPhones and other devices. Apple used 8,192 TPUv4 processors for its server AI model. Nvidia concentrates its efforts on so-called graphics processing units (GPUs), which are extensively used for AI endeavors, rather than designing TPUs. In contrast to Nvidia, which offers its systems and processors as stand-alone items, Google offers TPU access via its Google Cloud Platform. To use the chips, customers that are interested in purchasing access must develop software via Google’s cloud platform.
This week, Apple is distributing some of its intelligence to its beta users. The usage of TPU processors was first made public in June, but Apple withheld the exact amount of its dependence on Google technology until this past Monday, when it released a study paper. In the paper, Apple’s developers stated that with Google’s processors, they could create models that were even larger and more advanced than the two they covered.
During its June developer conference, Apple revealed a number of new artificial intelligence technologies, one of which was the software’s integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology. During regular trading on Monday, the shares of the Cupertino, California-based corporation decreased by 0.1% to $218.24.
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