StayLameBro / backburner
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Splits Qwen3.8-27B inference between a Mac and an iPhone connected over USB-C to speed up prompt reading and extend context.
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Aimed at people running a local 27B model on a 24 GB Mac who want faster prefill and longer context without buying more hardware. Reports 29-44% faster prefill at 16k-48k context and token-identical greedy output with and without the phone. Uses a llama.cpp fork with Apple Silicon kernels, which also speed up the Mac alone.
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LanguagePython
LicenseMIT
Created2026-10-01 (1mo ago)
Last push5d ago
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