iPhone Used as Second GPU for MacBook, Speeds Up Qwen 3.8 27B Prefills

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A user successfully leveraged their iPhone as a secondary GPU for a MacBook, achieving 29-44% faster prefill rates for Qwen 3.8 27B and offloading part of the context window.

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This demonstrates innovative local LLM acceleration techniques, inspiring builders to explore unconventional hardware configurations for improved performance and resource utilization.