SMRTR AIMay 31, 2026Hacker News

768GB Intel Optane DIMMs to run 1T-parameter LLM with single GPU at 4tps

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A Reddit user built a workstation using discontinued Intel Optane memory modules to run a 1-trillion-parameter AI model locally at 4 tokens per second — a remarkable feat on a budget. Using 768GB of cheap second-hand Optane DIMMs paired with an RTX 3060 GPU and llama.cpp software, the system punches well above its price class.

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