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by aswegs8 34 days ago
How does the model qualify as local? ~192 GB RAM needed sounds a bit much for local.
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Runs on 96GB MacBooks. 128GB is better. Check the README of DwarfStar.
If you were buying a computer today to use for DS4 (budget under 10k) what would you get? I care more about inference quality than speed. Or is it better to wait for the rumored M5 studio?
For large contexts, you're probably going to want CUDA. The DGX Spark is expensive but would get you decent speeds on DS4 Flash. DS4 Pro is probably not possible with $10k if you want sub-10 minute prefill.
Can you download it and run it given you have the hardware? Then it's local, regardless if you happen to have the needed hardware or not.

Bit like asking if Zigbee can be considered local/LAN for people who don't have the required radio/antenna.