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▲Huawei releases MACaQ, its internal quantizer for local inference (github.com)
lukasc-ch 10 hours ago [-]
People are reproducing it and creating GGUFs https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/s/36atJ2nNjh
Rabbit504030201 12 hours ago [-]
https://huawei-csl.com/blog/macaq/

Why does some HN users seem to prefer GitHub page whenever available at expense of official site? I mean, Huawei is still sanctioned, anything they host third party outside China can disappear at any hour.

nout 11 hours ago [-]
I prefer GitHub, because I can see the code and immediately know where to click. Product pages are always full of various marketing shots, videos, etc that just takes more time to parse through.
gt0 8 hours ago [-]
This is pretty much the reason that if I read about a new product, I generally just go to the Wikipedia page. I just want the no-bullshit version, no "Say hello to blah" video or marketing word salad.
andsoitis 5 hours ago [-]
In this particular case I think you'd be pleased with it https://huawei-csl.com/blog/macaq/

It is from their lab in Switzerland, after all.

lukasc-ch 10 hours ago [-]
Looks like many of their repos there have been around for a while. Also not sure why we would sanction free stuff from them
skinfaxi 8 hours ago [-]
Well I'm not a lawyer but are you allowed to provide material support to sanctioned entities?
sroussey 6 hours ago [-]
It’s a commerce department sanction not a treasury department sanction (which would be far more serious).
xpil11 12 hours ago [-]
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mocchibird 12 hours ago [-]
Did they release any model? Seems good for Strata
minraws 6 hours ago [-]
Qwen 3.8 27B has a macaq quant available
speedupagi 32 minutes ago [-]
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utternerd 12 hours ago [-]
What a project name.
QuantumNomad_ 12 hours ago [-]
Probably intended to reference macaque monkeys.
keyle 11 hours ago [-]
I forgot my French, but isn't it incredibly rude?
PorciiVorbesc 11 hours ago [-]
Why?
dmonitor 11 hours ago [-]
I think the immature commenters are referring to the pronunciation being similar to "my cock"
stdbrouw 10 hours ago [-]
It's also a racial slur in certain languages.
yonatan8070 2 minutes ago [-]
It's also "Roach" in Hebrew (מקק)
onemoresoop 1 hours ago [-]
What are those?
PorciiVorbesc 11 hours ago [-]
Aaa, thanks I didn't think of that.
arcanemachiner 9 hours ago [-]
Congratulations on not being a total degenerate.
keyle 10 hours ago [-]
No, no, not that.
IsTom 10 hours ago [-]
I'd assume the French know something about naming projects in the vein of Coq.
xpil11 12 hours ago [-]
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0xb0565e486 12 hours ago [-]
xD
ebx 11 hours ago [-]
Just enough plausible deniability :P
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adrian_b 12 hours ago [-]
I do not think that macaques would mind.
thefox96 13 hours ago [-]
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