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Apr 1, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Running Large Models Locally on Mac: The Most Powerful Current Solution

This article reviews the JANG quantization format, the vMLX inference engine with a five‑layer cache stack, and the MLX Studio GUI, showing how their combination enables 397B‑parameter models to fit on 128 GB Apple Silicon Macs, achieve up to 224× faster first‑token latency for 100K context, and provide a full‑featured local AI experience.