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1977 6MHz PC Runs Transformer AI in 3.5 Min at 100%
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💡Transformer on 1970s hardware: efficiency lessons for tiny ML on edge devices.
⚡ 30-Second TL;DR
What Changed
PDP-11/44: 6MHz CPU, 64KB RAM from 1977
Why It Matters
Highlights potential for ultra-efficient tiny models in constrained environments like legacy systems or extreme edge devices. Inspires optimization techniques for low-resource AI deployment.
What To Do Next
Implement a tiny Transformer in assembly for your microcontroller AI experiments.
Who should care:Researchers & Academics
Key Points
- •PDP-11/44: 6MHz CPU, 64KB RAM from 1977
- •ATTN-11: 1216-param single-layer single-head Transformer
- •Pure PDP-11 assembly language implementation
- •3.5-minute training to 100% accuracy
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