Apple Foundation Model 3 Core Advanced

Name: Apple Foundation Model 3 Core Advanced
Author: Apple

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3.0majorJune 9, 2026

Third-generation AFM introduces flash-based inference architecture enabling 20B-parameter on-device model. Uses expert pruning to load subset of parameters into memory while keeping full model in flash storage.

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Apple ships 20-billion-parameter model that runs from iPhone flash storage using expert pruning

Apple detailed its third-generation Foundation Models family: five models including AFM 3 Core Advanced, a 20-billion-parameter on-device model that keeps most parameters in flash storage and loads only 1-4 billion at a time into memory. The models were custom-built with Google and trained on Google's TPUs.

June 9, 2026 · 1:21 PM2 min read

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