Engines and Tools

magnitudedev/magnitude v0.2.6 Released: Major Mac Speedups

magnitudedev/magnitude v0.2.6 is out, bringing massive prompt processing speedups and stability fixes for Apple Silic ...

Engines and Tools

llama.cpp v0.6.0 Released with llama_batch_ext and Metal Boosts

llama.cpp v0.6.0 is out, featuring the new llama_batch_ext API, major Metal backend speedups, web UI updates, and new ...

Engines and Tools

ggml v0.26.0 Released with Sparse Flash Attention & New Backends

ggml v0.26.0 is released, featuring sparse Flash Attention optimizations, expanded quantization support for WebGPU, a ...

Engines and Tools

Magnitude CLI v0.2.5 Released: M5 Mac & MoE Speedups

Version 0.2.5 of @magnitudedev/cli is out, bringing 2x faster prompt processing on M5 Macs, MoE speedups, and M1/M2 f ...

Engines and Tools

Magnitude 0.2.4 Released: Faster Inference and Lower Memory

Magnitude 0.2.4 is released with significantly reduced memory usage, faster kernel tuning, and improved error handlin ...

Engines and Tools

llama.cpp v0.5.0 Released with Backend and Server Upgrades

llama.cpp v0.5.0 is released, featuring CUDA/Metal hardware acceleration, multi-address server support, and new model ...

Engines and Tools

Run GGUF Models Directly in Transformers with llama.cpp Support

Hugging Face adds direct execution support for llama.cpp GGUF models in transformers, starting with local Qwen3.5 inf ...

Weekly Roundup

Open-Weight Model Weekly: Ternary 27B Models and Apple Silicon Updates

Weekly roundup of open-weight generative models: ternary quantization for 27B models, Apple Silicon optimizations, an ...

Engines and Tools

Inco AI Releases Splash Engine for Fast Local LLMs on Mac

Inco AI releases Splash Engine, an open-source local LLM inference engine optimized for Apple Silicon, natively integ ...

New Models

Qwen-2.5-1B-RLCD Text Generation Model: 4GB+ VRAM

Explore harshatheg/Qwen-2.5-1B-RLCD, an MLX implementation using parallel constrained decoding on Apple Silicon for h ...