GPU passthrough
AssessTechniques
A virtualization technique that exposes host GPU resources directly to a virtual machine.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 6Hacker News·8/11/2026open_sourceApple Silicon macOS VMs Speed Up LLM Inference
The article describes using GPU passthrough on macOS virtual machines running on Apple Silicon to improve local large language model inference performance. It highlights llama.cpp as the inference engine and shows that access to the host GPU can significantly reduce latency compared with a fully virtualized setup.