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3 articles
- 2026-10-07
NVIDIA's Tri-Mode Model Doesn't Just Draft — It Switches Gears
NVIDIA's Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion unifies AR, diffusion, and self-speculation in one architecture. It can switch modes mid-generation. The paper claims 6× more tokens per forward than AR — but the real story is how tri-mode changes what hardware you need.
- 2026-04-02
M5 Max vs AMD Strix Halo: Which Is Better for Running Local LLMs?
Apple's M5 Max has 460 GB/s memory bandwidth. My AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 has ~256 GB/s. The numbers seem to favor Apple — until you think about what actually matters for running large models locally.
- 2026-03-05
Which Local LLM Is Fastest on Ryzen AI Max+ 395? I Benchmarked 10 of Them
Real prefill and generation speeds for 10 local LLMs on Strix Halo — and the winner surprised me.