$8 ESP32-S3 Microcontroller Runs LLM Offline

A developer has successfully squeezed a 28.9-million-parameter language model into an $8 ESP32-S3 microcontroller. The model runs completely offline at about 9.5 tokens per second, pushing the boundaries of low-cost, local AI hardware.

2026-07-24 ~ 2026-07-25 · 4 related posts

• An $8 ESP32-S3 now runs a 28.9M-parameter language model offline — brianrkelly · 2026-07-24
• An $8 ESP32-S3 now runs a 28.9M-parameter model fully offline — brianrkelly · 2026-07-24

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