Local LLM Users Chase Hardware Gains // AIDRAN

The local LLM community's turn toward hardware engineering is not simply a practical adaptation — it is a redefinition of what participation in open-source AI means. When the metric that generates community engagement shifts from benchmark leaderboard position to inference tokens-per-second, the community is no longer competing with the labs. It is operating in a parallel economy with different values.

Local LLM Users Chase Hardware Gains, Not Benchmark Glory

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