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A comment on Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac.

Re:Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB R... by gitowiec on Thursday July 30, 2026 @04:17AM (#49107294)
Why it is only for Mac M-series? What's not compatible in a PC (with Linux) to run it?
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Re:Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB R... by gitpusher42 on Thursday July 30, 2026 @05:17AM (#49107642)
It heavily relies on M-series Mac unified memory architecture. And shaders are written using Metal, Apple's own gpu programming technology. It cannot be ported directly to classic architecture (ram+vram)
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