Tech giant Apple is looking to tap into generative artificial intelligence to help speed up the design of custom chips that are at the heart of its devices.
Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technologies, made the comments during a speech in Belgium, where he accepted an award from Imec, an independent semiconductor research and development group that works closely with most of the world's largest chipmakers.
During the keynote, Mr. Srouji outlined Apple's custom chip development process, from the first A4 chip in the iPhone smartphone in 2010 to the latest chips that power Mac computers and the Vision Pro virtual reality glasses.
One of the key lessons Apple learned, he said, was the need to use the most advanced tools available to design chips, including the latest chip design software from electronic design automation (EDA) companies.
Two industry giants, Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys, are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into their products.
Generative AI techniques have the potential to get more design work done in less time, and it could deliver a big boost to productivity, says Srouji.
Mr. Srouji also shared another important lesson Apple learned in the process of designing its own chips was to accept "big gambles."
When Apple switched its Mac computers, its oldest product line still in production and sale, from using Intel chips to its own chips in 2020, the company had no backup plan in case the transition failed./.
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