Apple developing specialized chips for smart glasses and AI servers

Apple is developing specialized chips that will power future devices including its first smart glasses, artificial intelligence servers and new MacBooks. The iPhone-maker has made progress on the chip that it’s developing for smart glasses. This indicates that Apple is doubling-down to compete with the popular Ray-Ban glasses offered by Meta Platforms.

To compete in the lucrative AI market, Apple has made strides to add on-device AI features to its latest line of iPhones with Apple Intelligence — a suite that helps summarize notifications, rewrite emails and give users access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, among other features.

The company has already made efforts in the development of in-house silicon and, in February, while also revealing its first custom-designed modem chip that connects iPhones to wireless data networks.

The processor for its glasses is based on chips used in the Apple Watch that require less energy than components in products like the iPhone, iPad and Mac, the report stated.

The chip could enter mass production by the end of next year or in 2027 and has been customized for power efficiency and to control the multiple cameras that are planned for the glasses, Bloomberg reported.

The chip will be manufactured by Taiwan’s TSMC and the glasses — if successful — are likely to come to market in roughly the next two years, the report added.