unified memory

Reality check

Can You Run Muse Spark Open Locally? Yes on One Mac Studio, Not Through Ollama

Meta's 816B open model runs on one Mac Studio from 176GB. Ollama's version is cloud-only, the license has strings, and smaller models score higher.

Oct 15, 202610 min read

Reality check

Can You Run Mistral Large 4 Locally? Only on 512GB, and Not Until the Weights Ship

Mistral Large 4's weights land at the end of October. At an estimated 400GB for 2-bit, one 512GB Mac Studio clears the bar. Here is the full math.

Oct 6, 202611 min read

Reality check

Can You Run Aleph Alpha's Kolibri-1 Locally? Yes, on 48GB — Not in Ollama Yet

Kolibri-1 is a 78B model that thinks like a 3.5B one. Here is what runs it at home today, how fast, and why Ollama and LM Studio can't load it yet.

Oct 4, 202611 min read

Can a Mini PC Run a 70B Model? Strix Halo and Unified Memory Explained

A 70B model needs about 40GB of memory, more than any consumer graphics card has. AMD's Strix Halo mini PCs solve that with up to 128GB of unified memory. Here is what they run, how fast, and why a big MoE model...

Sep 26, 202611 min read

Buying guide

The Mac Studio M5 Ultra Is Official: What 512GB Actually Runs, and Who Should Buy One

Apple's Mac Studio M5 Ultra is official: 512GB max, not 768GB. Which local AI models fit, the cluster math, and whether to buy, wait, or skip.

Jul 22, 202611 min read