Apple Skips High-End M6 Mac Chips for an AI-Focused M7 Pro/Max/Ultra Line

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Bloomberg reports Apple will skip high-end M6 Mac silicon and jump to an AI-focused M7 line (M7 Pro, M7 Max, M7 Ultra), reprioritizing its roadmap around on-device AI workloads. The story drew heavy developer attention (595 points on Hacker News). For builders, it signals Apple betting its premium silicon strategy on local model inference rather than incremental CPU/GPU gains.