Gigabyte has unveiled new Mini PC solutions in China as a part of its ITX & DIY PC range which feature AMD's Ryzen 8000G APUs.
02.04.2024 - 16:33 / wccftech.com / Muhammad Zuhair
Llamafile's latest update has boosted the performance of AMD's Ryzen CPUs by up to 10x utilizing their AVX-512 capabilities.
Phoronix reports that Llamafile's latest update now supports the AVX-512 instruction set, allowing CPUs that support AVX-512 to witness a massive performance boost while using the software. It is reported that AMD's Zen 4 "Ryzen" CPUs will experience a ten times faster prompt evaluation with the new update, ultimately allowing for a much more efficient LLM performance on the tool.
For those unaware of Llamafile, it is deployable with a single executable file that combines an LLM model with the necessary libraries to run it. Mozilla Ocho has developed the tool, aiming to make LLMs accessible to a larger audience by capitalizing on both CPU and GPU executions. The tool has been a huge hit amongst developers, especially since it eradicates the need for high-cost solutions to access LLMs, but right now, Llamafile is still in its early stages; hence, there are areas of inaccuracies involved with it, which we believe will be sorted out soon once the edge computing narrative takes momentum.
Well, the new performance upgrade hasn't been tested yet, but Phoronix states that they have plans to test out the new Llamafire 0.7 in the future, both on AMD and Intel systems. You can access the latest version via GitHub here. Do note that AMD's Ryzen CPUs are the only consumer-grade chips featuring support for AVX-512 instructions, while Intel has backed away from support since it affects its Xeon chip sales. This gives AMD's Ryzen platform an edge for users who want to run applications that take advantage of AVX-512.
Gigabyte has unveiled new Mini PC solutions in China as a part of its ITX & DIY PC range which feature AMD's Ryzen 8000G APUs.
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