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Apple Mac Minis now official AI supercomputers through new clustering tech

Apple has officially made it possible to link Mac Minis and Mac Studios into clusters, turning them into powerful local AI supercomputers. Apple's new clustering technology formalises a practice developers were already doing, letting them run large AI models that need more memory. The cheapest entry to this official AI clustering starts at $1,699 for an M5 Pro mini, plus a second machine.

By BriefTea Editorial · 26 August 2026 at 16:10

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