FareedKhan-dev/kimi-k3-in-c

This page introduces an external open-source repository. It is not an HDATF product.

What it does

A portable C99 engine that runs Kimi K3 inference on one CPU with no GPU, BLAS or framework, streaming the model from disk. The readme reports an 8.24 GB peak memory use, with more RAM only adding speed.

How it helps ATF

An example of running a large model on a single CPU, which could be a loose reference for AX consulting on sites without GPUs. The readme itself says generation is slow.

License

Apache-2.0 Permissive, with a patent grant. Commercial use is allowed; keep the notices and state your changes.

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