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Apple researchers turn idle Macs into a virtual GPU cloud with ‘Minions’

Apple researchers describe Minions, an internal system that runs AI inference jobs on idle Apple Silicon Macs when GPUs are scarce.

By Shane DowningTom's Hardware AI
Apple researchers turn idle Macs into a virtual GPU cloud with ‘Minions’

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Originally published by Tom's Hardware AI on Oct 14, 2026.

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