Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Captured Aug 25, 2026, 07:07 AM UTC — 14 signals across 5 pillars, 6 source networks. Scores weighted by 7 terms: keyword relevance, artifact bonus, cross-source corroboration, discovery corroboration, star velocity, engagement, recency.

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ANE routes by expression, not arithmetic
A 64-shape primitive matrix and ANE counters reveal routing follows operation form, with a ~0.77 bytes-per-token law holding across fp16, int8, and 2-bit…

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Top signal featured — scores combine keyword relevance (×3 per pillar hit), artifact bonus (+3 for a citable artifact host), cross-source corroboration (+3 per extra source), discovery corroboration (+0–2), star velocity (+0–8), engagement (+0–4, capped), recency (+8 down to −3). Remaining signals grid below, filterable by pillar.

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Top signal · Score 23arXiv· 3d ago

What actually runs: a measurement study of language model placement and decode speed on the Apple Neural Engine

by Shahir M A

On-device AIarxiv.org

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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

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ANE routes by expression, not arithmetic

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What actually runs: a measurement study of language model placement and decode speed on the Apple Neural Engine

🟠 llama.cpp ships back-to-back Metal upgrades for faster Apple Silicon local inference llama.cpp published two consecutive releases on August 24, 2026 that both target the Metal backend on Apple Silicon. https://githu

HF Paper: MobilePA-Bench: Benchmarking Mobile Planner Agents on Complex Real-World Tasks

Shahir M A: What actually runs: a measurement study of language model placement and decode speed on the Apple Neural Engine https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.22110 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.22110 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.22

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