The MAC2 instance family, generally available since July 2022, is powered by Apple Silicon M1 processors with 8 vCPUs and a 16-core Apple Neural Engine. The mac2.metal instance type is a physical Mac mini, uniquely enabled by the AWS Nitro System for cloud integration. It provides 10 Gbps of network bandwidth and 8 Gbps of EBS storage bandwidth, supporting up to 10 attached EBS volumes. These dedicated host instances are ideal for building, testing, and signing applications for Apple platforms.