A Powerbook G4 is barely fast enough to run a large language model

AppleInsider
Mar 25, 2025, 8:01 am291 pts
A software developer has proven it is possible to run a modern LLM on old hardware like a 2005 PowerBook G4, albeit nowhere near the speeds expected by consumers. A PowerBook G4 running a TinyStories 110M Llama2 LLM inference — Image credit: Andrew Rossignol/TheResistorNetwork Most artificial intelligence…

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