Run 2.78T Parameter Kimi K3 on a Single CPU in 8.24GB RAM
Saboo_Shubham_ · x · 2026-08-03
Developer FareedKhan-dev open-sourced a GitHub project named kimi-k3-in-c, demonstrating how to run the 2.78-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model on a single CPU with just 8.24 GB of RAM.
Written in pure C99, the project does not rely on BLAS, deep learning frameworks, or GPUs, offering extreme portability. This provides a highly valuable engineering practice for executing massive parameter model inference on severely constrained edge hardware.
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