Qwen's n-gram technique sparks debate on local LLMs and data centers

Qwen's n-gram table technique, highlighted by Qwen 3.8 Flash Next, could let trillion-parameter models run on a single server or even desktops by using SSDs to offset memory and compute, with some arguing it will dry up data center demand and deflate the AI bubble.

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