Turbo-fieldfare: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on Apple Silicon
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Source record
Published by r/LocalLLaMA (T2 source). The original is at https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1vasnys/turbofieldfare_opensource_engine_running_gemma_4/.
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SummaryReddit post on r/LocalLLaMA announces 'Turbo-fieldfare,' an open-source inference engine claimed to run a Gemma 4 26B model in 2 GB of RAM on Apple Silicon hardware. No technical details or excerpt available in the source.
Why it mattersThe memory footprint claim is extreme enough to warrant a look from anyone running local models on Apple Silicon, though the post lacks verifiable detail.
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