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Zero-Copy GPU Inference from WebAssembly on Apple Silicon

abacusnoir.com
120 points·by agambrahma·3개월 전·53 comments

Show HN: Try Gerbil Scheme in the Browser

trygerbil.dev
9 points·by agambrahma·4개월 전·1 comments

Show HN: Patchwork – async collaborative image quilts

getpatchwork.us
1 points·by agambrahma·4개월 전·0 comments

UAPs as Coherent Field Entities

abacusnoir.com
1 points·by agambrahma·8개월 전·1 comments

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agambrahma
·지난달·discuss
Yeah, the content + feel felt like I'm reading this in 2013.

Nothing wrong with that, it's a good thing that stuff is discovered anew [as opposed to being lost/forgotten], but it did bring a smile to me.
agambrahma
·지난달·discuss
In case it helps: https://coalton.app/

And a scripting version: https://smelter.app/
agambrahma
·3개월 전·discuss
Yes, that's the right idea.

It's less about browsers, and more about server/edge/local-agent runtimes.

Wasm lets you have

- sandboxing (untrusted actor code)

- clean snapshot/restore

- portability of actor across machines

If you don’t need those properties, then yes ... native is obviously the better choice
agambrahma
·3개월 전·discuss
Yes, simply for local inference -- not much, native is the obvious choice.

The value would be in actor processes, where you can delegate inference without paying the 'copy tax' for crossing the sandbox boundary.

So, less "inference engine" and more "Tmux for AI agents"

Think pausing, moving, resuming, swapping model backend.

I scoped the post to memory architecture, since it was the least obvious part ... will follow up with one about the actor model aspect.
agambrahma
·3개월 전·discuss
Agree, maybe "changes the physics" was too strong, shared cpu/gpu memory is not new.

What is different then is the combination of

1. UMA memory (and yes, iGPU had this, pre-M1) 2. enough bandwidth / GPU throughput for local inference 3. straightforward `makeBuffer(bytesNoCopy:)` path

So, the novelty isn't the shared memory itself, but the whole chain lining up to make the Wasm linear memory -> Metal-buffer approach practical + performant enough.

(and not saying there's some Apple Silicon magic here either ... it'd work anywhere there was UMA and no-copy host-pointer path)
agambrahma
·3개월 전·discuss
This is crazy impressive ... the kind of thing that should inspire one to do more, much more, than whatever "mere plumbing" one happens to be doing at the moment
agambrahma
·4개월 전·discuss
Tried mobile app, mobile website, desktop website

Cannot place an order to ship (!)
agambrahma
·6개월 전·discuss
https://agambrahma.com -- linking out to places where my identity is spread out right now
agambrahma
·8개월 전·discuss
Applied plasma physics (spheromaks, solitons, field topology) to UAP observations. Explains the "five observables" better than the spacecraft model ... though radar signatures and energy density remain problematic (!)

Speculative but grounded in real physics (I used ChatGPT/Gemini as thinking partners, then verified claims)
agambrahma
·9개월 전·discuss
Or Eastgate, or Storyspace?

https://www.eastgate.com/
agambrahma
·9개월 전·discuss
No one mentioned "Avatar MUD" ?

https://www.outland.org/news.php
agambrahma
·9개월 전·discuss
Sorry, couldn't help myself

https://imgflip.com/i/a940ug
agambrahma
·10개월 전·discuss
[I'm likely missing something, but]

"EVM-compatible, built on Reth" => they're essentially building a private Ethereum fork with a fancy validator selection process.

Couldn't they just get these benefits (predictable fees, fast settlement) by ... running a database between these financial institutions?

If Stripe controls the validator set (even indirectly), then ... just a distributed database with extra steps, no?