Apple Targets 1.5TB M7 Ultra by 2028 as AI Performance Nears Nvidia Blackwell
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Updated · Tom's Hardware · Jul 13
Apple Targets 1.5TB M7 Ultra by 2028 as AI Performance Nears Nvidia Blackwell
3 articles · Updated · Tom's Hardware · Jul 13
Summary
Bloomberg reported Apple is designing the M7 Ultra to support up to 1.5TB of unified memory and deliver a major AI jump toward Nvidia Blackwell-class accelerators, with launch timing pegged to 2028.
That top configuration depends on memory supply: Gurman said Apple already pulled a 128GB Mac Studio amid rising DRAM prices, and 1.5TB would require far more scarce high-cost memory.
Apple has also accelerated its Mac silicon roadmap, taping out M7 roughly six months after M6; the report points to a base M7 in H1 2027, Pro and Max by late 2027, and Ultra in 2028.
Beyond Macs, Apple is preparing an AI server based on M5 Ultra for near-term deployment and planning a second server chip using M7 Ultra for 2029, while its 2028 M8 generation is expected to move to a 1.4nm process.