Edge Inference for LLM

Why it matters

Edge inference enables private + offline. Understanding shapes deployment.

The architecture

Small model (3-8B).

Quantized (4-8 bit).

Optimized runtime (llama.cpp, MLX, CoreML).

How it works end to end

Model choice: Phi, Llama 3.2, Qwen 2.5.

Quantization: Q4_K_M or similar.

Runtime: platform-native.