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Hardware Large Language Models

The New 96GB VRAM King: Skipping the M3 Ultra & RTX 5090 for LLMs

If you’re an avid technophile or a professional diving deep into the world of Large Language Models (LLMs), the latest GPU launches might have caught your eye. However, if you’re considering spending your hard-earned $10,000 on an M3 Ultra Mac Studio or an RTX 5090, Alex Ziskind suggests you might want to take a step […]

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Exploring Affordable VRAM Solutions: Intel ARC Pro B60 vs. NVIDIA and AMD

In the quest for affordable yet powerful VRAM solutions for local AI tasks, the spotlight is often on AMD and NVIDIA. However, Intel has entered the fray with its ARC Pro B60 graphics card, promising a cost-effective way to acquire 96GB of VRAM. I took a deep dive into how these options stack up against […]

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The Quest for Local Machine Learning: A Tale of Hardware, Efficiency, and the Unseen Costs

The allure of cloud services, with their seemingly infinite resources, has long been irresistible. Yet, as we stand on the precipice of a new era, the wisdom of relying perpetually on these external behemoths is being called into question. The narrative is changing, veering towards a future where running machine learning models locally isn’t just […]

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Using Clusters to Boost LLMs 🚀

This video is from Alex Ziskind. The Unseen Frontier of Computing: Distributed AI on Consumer Hardware There’s a certain thrill that comes from pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with the tools at our disposal. Recently, a fascinating experiment caught my attention—an endeavor that not only challenges conventional wisdom but also hints at the untapped […]

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