kimi-k3-in-c
kimi-k3-in-c is A 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 running inference on a single CPU in 8.24 GB of RAM. Portable C99: no BLAS, no framework, no GPU. - FareedKhan-dev/kimi-k3-in-c. It is ranked #618 on the Dev Radar, in AI dev tools, first seen 8 days ago and shared in 1 post (39.8k views).
What people said about kimi-k3-in-c on X
Someone wrote a 176 KB C program that runs Kimi K3, a 2.78 trillion parameter model, on one CPU with 8.24 GB of RAM. I went through the repo because that number sounded impossible. The checkpoint hasn’t been chopped down to 8 GB, it’s still 1.56 TB. K3 just happens to have an architecture that gives you some…
— @techNmak, 8 days ago · 646 likes · see the post
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kimi-k3-in-c in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #618 of 1500
- Shared in 1 post by 1 account: @techNmak
- 39.8k views on those posts
- First seen 8 days ago, last shared 8 days ago
- Pricing seen by Jev: open source
- Market: AI dev tools
FAQ
What is kimi-k3-in-c?
A 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 running inference on a single CPU in 8.24 GB of RAM. Portable C99: no BLAS, no framework, no GPU. - FareedKhan-dev/kimi-k3-in-c It was first shared on X 8 days ago and is ranked #618 on the Dev Radar.
Is kimi-k3-in-c free?
It is open source.
Who shared kimi-k3-in-c?
1 account on X, including @techNmak, in 1 post totalling 39.8k views.
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