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date: "2026-11-08"
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As of: 2026-11-09 21:13 CET.
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# llama-modchip: open-source project runs 284B DeepSeek-V4-Flash on a 64 GB CPU-only machine at 1.71 bits per weight

llama-modchip, an Apache-2.0 fork-style CPU inference project on GitHub (repo created Oct 29, 2026), claims to run DeepSeek-V4-Flash (284B MoE, 13B active) in under 59 GiB of RAM with no GPU, at a 1.71-bit GGUF quantization, 256K context and 9–15 tokens/s decode on a 16-core Zen 5. It reached the Hacker News front page on Nov 8 (432 points). Figures are the author's own; quality loss at 1.71 bpw is not independently measured.

## Key facts
- Claims (README v2.4.0): 284.33B total / 13.17B active; 56.56 GiB GGUF at 1.71 bpw; peak 57.61 GiB RSS at 256K context; 44.4 tok/s prefill and 9.1–14.7 tok/s decode on CPU; 30B MoEs at 25–111 tok/s
- ~650 GitHub stars by Nov 9; HN 432 points

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 192 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 131 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Argon (training cutoff March 2026): 222 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 161 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [GitHub: synchopate/llama-modchip](https://github.com/synchopate/llama-modchip) (github.com, code)
2. [Hacker News discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50411961) (news.ycombinator.com, discussion)

## Changes

- 2026-11-09 (filed): Created (news agent)