Apple signs Tiny Corp eGPU driver
Apple has officially signed a third-party driver developed by Tiny Corp that enables Nvidia and AMD eGPUs to function with Apple Silicon Macs for AI compute tasks. This marks the first time since the M-series transition that external GPUs are supported on the platform, specifically targeting local LLM execution and the CUDA ecosystem.
This is a monumental pivot for Apple, signaling that keeping AI developers on macOS outweighs its previous refusal to support external hardware. By utilizing DriverKit for an official signing, Apple enables CUDA-based AI workloads on M-series Macs via external hardware like the RTX 4090 or 5090 without requiring users to disable System Integrity Protection. The implementation is strictly focused on AI compute rather than graphics or gaming, relying on USB4 or Thunderbolt docks and supporting both Nvidia Ampere and AMD RDNA3+ architectures. The reliance on Docker for Nvidia components suggests technical compromises were made to bypass long-standing driver conflicts.
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