Apple Explores Acquisitions of Chip Startups to Bolster In-House AI Server Silicon

Apple is actively pursuing acquisitions of semiconductor companies to accelerate its development of custom server chips for artificial intelligence, according to a report describing conversations with bankers and takeover overtures made to several chip startups. The move signals a broadening of Apple's decades-long push into self-designed silicon, now aimed squarely at the data-center hardware that powers large AI workloads.