Someone Tested a 1997 Processor and Proved That Just 128 MB of RAM Is Enough to Run AI
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Someone Tested a 1997 Processor and Proved That Just 128 MB of RAM Is Enough to Run AI

By Coin Gazette Editorial
May 28, 2026 1 Min Read
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Image of an old school desktop computer from the nineties.How did EXO Labs get a lightweight Llama 2 running on a 1997 Pentium II with just 128 MB of RAM? By leaning on BitNet’s ternary-weight approach (-1, 0, 1), the team showed the model could respond, slowly, underscoring that software optimization, not new silicon, can unlock surprising headroom on legacy machines. EXO Labs just […]

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