Apple's Minions: A virtual GPU cloud built from idle Apple Silicon Macs

Apple has developed a virtual GPU cloud called 'Minions' that utilizes idle Apple Silicon Macs to provide cloud computing resources. The system uses a peer-to-peer architecture and is designed to be scalable and fault-tolerant. Minions is built on top of Apple's M1 and M1 Pro chips, which are used in MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini devices. The technology is expected to be used for various tasks such as machine learning and scientific simulations, and is available for researchers to use. Apple has made the Minions system available for use through its Machine Learning Research website.