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Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac
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A developer has released an open-source engine called TurboFieldfare that allows running a 26-billion-parameter AI model on Apple Silicon Macs with only 8 GB of RAM. It achieves this by streaming model experts from the SSD rather than loading the entire model into memory.
Gemma 4 26B-A4B inference in about 2 GB of RAM A custom Swift + Metal runtime for any Apple Silicon Mac, even the 8 GB ones.
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