Run Kimi K3 using 29 GB of RAM at 0.50 tok/s

Run the full 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model beyond available RAM by streaming activated weights directly from NVMe. A dependency-free, embeddable C inference engine. - sqliteai/waste
331 points by marcobambini 82 days ago github.com 163 comments

Summary

The Kimi K3 model, with 2.78 trillion parameters, can now be run using just 29 GB of RAM by streaming weights directly from NVMe storage. This approach utilizes a lightweight C inference engine without dependencies, making it easier to integrate into various applications.

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