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Private Cloud Compute
Apple's server infrastructure for running AI requests too large for a phone, built so operators of the hardware cannot read the requests it processes. Every request passes an attestation check before a node is trusted with it.
also written as PCC
Related terms
attestationA cryptographic check that proves a piece of hardware or software is exactly what it claims to be before it gets trusted with a request. A device refuses to send data to any node that fails the check.view termconfidential computingHardware-level encryption that keeps data unreadable even to the operator of the machine it runs on, including cloud providers. Chip vendors like NVIDIA and Intel ship their own versions of this on GPUs and CPUs.view termedge functionCode that runs in a CDN location near the visitor instead of a single origin region. Requests skip the long round trip, so latency drops without any caching.view termroot of trustA hardware component that anchors a system's boot process and security guarantees, verified independently rather than relying on the software running above it. A chain of these from separate vendors makes it harder for any single party to fake the whole stack.view term
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