Topic
quantization
2 articles
local-aillmAug 18, 2026
The Local LLM Glossary: Every Term, Flag, and Number in Plain English
Plain-English definitions for every term you hit in local LLM posts: prefill and decode, tokens per second, FP8 and NVFP4, Q4_K_M, KV cache, YaRN, Gated DeltaNet, speculative decoding, and every vLLM, llama.cpp, and Ollama flag worth knowing.
nvidiadgxsparkJun 10, 2026
Day 4: Quantization Demystified. BF16, FP8, NVFP4, MXFP4, INT4, GGUF, and Why It All Matters
A practical, beginner-friendly guide to BF16, FP8, NVFP4, MXFP4, INT4, and GGUF Q4_K_M on NVIDIA DGX Spark. Bytes per parameter, quality vs size, and which format to pick when.