👨‍🏫 Apple held its first-ever official local AI event

which is quietly confirmed its memory roadmap.

📰 According to Alex Cheema, Apple hosted a private local AI event at Apple Park on June 23rd — Apple's first event of its kind, with Tim Cook, John Ternus and other execs speaking about on-device AI.

😐 Cheema says several slides referenced 512GB and 2TB memory configurations – a strong signal Apple isn't planning to abandon high-memory options despite the ongoing DRAM shortage. He expects the M5 Ultra to ship with 512GB unified memory, with the rumored M7 Ultra reaching up to 1.5TB.

🧠 He wasn't able to share the original slides, but recreated one from memory –"Enabling a full range of local AI inference":
- iPhone and iPad. Up to 16GB unified memory. Up to 14 billion active parameters.
- MacBook Air. Up to 32GB unified memory. Up to 35 billion active parameters.
- Mac mini. Up to 64GB unified memory. Up to 70 billion active parameters.
- MacBook Pro. Up to 128GB unified memory. Up to 120 billion active parameters.
- Mac Studio. Up to 512GB unified memory. Up to 480 billion active parameters.
- Mac Studio Cluster. Up to 2TB unified memory. 1.6 trillion+ active parameters.

🤔 This lines up with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who separately reported Apple is preparing an AI server based on the M5 Ultra (codename J246), a second-gen server chip based on the M7 Ultra for ~2029, and – further out – an M8 chip (codename "Soko") plus a high-end Mac chip ("Cardinal"), both on a 1.4nm process by 2028.

P.S. None of this is officially confirmed by Apple.

@Apples

🌈 Techblogger showed what Apple Park actually looks like inside

🔑 He got access to the campus and walked through pretty much every key spot:

📍 175 acres in Cupertino, home to 12,000+ Apple employees

🌀 The Ring – that spaceship-looking building everyone recognizes from aerial shots

🌳 More trees here than desks, honestly. Feels like a park that happens to have an office in it, not the other way around

🎤 The Rainbow stage – where Apple's biggest product reveals and internal events go down

🎭 Steve Jobs Theater sits almost entirely underground, topped by a glass cylinder and a massive carbon-fiber roof

🛗 A rotating glass elevator takes you down into the theater – no regular staircases here

🏛️ The Observatory – the newest space on campus, a private event venue barely anyone's seen

🏋️ Full fitness center, soccer field, basketball courts, and endless walking trails

☕ Even the coffee machines have the Apple logo on them. Water dispensers are controlled via iPad

🦆 Wildlife roams free – ducks, squirrels, birds, the whole ecosystem

🪞 The Mirage building blends into its surroundings so well it practically disappears

🛍️ The Visitor Center is the only part open to the public – Apple Store, café, and a full AR model of the campus

💭 The whole idea: the workspace shapes the product

👇 Which detail surprised you the most?

📝 Note: the buggies in the footage are used to transport guests and media during Apple events, not a permanent employee transport system. The food shown is part of that event's catering, not everyday cafeteria food.

😁 Worth becoming a programmer just for this 👨‍💻

@iPhone