57+ min ago  (288+ words) Turbo Quant: Reducing LLM Memory Usage With Vector Quantization'Hackaday Large language models (LLMs) aren't actually giant computer brains. Instead, they are effectively massive vector spaces in which the probabilities of tokens occurring in a specific order is encoded. Billions of…...

59+ min ago  (683+ words) Vector quantization (VQ) is a new method that can compress the vectors calculated during inference to take up less space without significant loss of data. Google's recently published pre-print paper on Turbo Quant covers an LLM-oriented VQ algorithm that's claimed…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (348+ words) The Brits Made A Rocket. What Happened To It? Hackaday Like many long-established broadcasters, the BBC put out a selection of their archive material for us all to enjoy online. Their most recent may be of interest to Hackaday readers…...

3+ hour, 59+ min ago  (624+ words) Like many long-established broadcasters, the BBC put out a selection of their archive material for us all to enjoy online. Their most recent may be of interest to Hackaday readers and has more than a. .....

6+ hour, 59+ min ago  (180+ words) For some types of embedded systems " especially those that are safety-critical " it's considered bad form to dynamically allocate memory during operation. While you can usually arrange for your own code to behave, it's the libraries that get you. In particular,…...

10+ hour ago  (496+ words) The Intel era of Apple Macs led to so-called "Hackintoshes", more normal PCs running x86 Mac OS X. Now Brian Keller proves that a Hackintosh isn't restricted to the x86 era, not by doing it with a mode. .....

13+ hour ago  (441+ words) Back in late February Nissan Leaf owners began to receive messages from Nissan informing them that the remote features in their cars would cease operation as the Nissan Connect app would drop support f. .. Back in late February Nissan Leaf owners…...

12+ hour, 56+ min ago  (211+ words) Car-as-a-service'Hackaday Back in late February Nissan Leaf owners began to receive messages from Nissan informing them that the remote features in their cars would cease operation as the Nissan Connect app would drop support for Leaf EVs produced before 2020 as…...

15+ hour, 59+ min ago  (675+ words) Quadcopters tend to have very poor efficency because of their high disk loading. High disk loading-- that is, how much weight each square meter of area swept by the propellers must carry--is almost un. .....

19+ hour ago  (182+ words) Modern computers use dynamic RAM, a technology that allows very compact bits in return for having to refresh for about 400 nanoseconds every 3-4 microseconds. But what if you couldn't afford even such a tiny holdup? [Laurie Wired] goes into excruciating detail…...