{"slug": "dev-proves-llms-will-run-on-anything-even-a-10-microcontroller", "title": "Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontroller", "summary": "A developer has demonstrated that large language models can run on a $10 microcontroller, achieving nearly 10 tokens per second with mostly coherent output, according to The Register. The proof-of-concept challenges assumptions about the hardware requirements for AI inference, potentially enabling low-cost edge AI applications.", "body_md": "### MOST POPULAR\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nEDGE AND IOT\n\n#### Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontroller\n\nNearly 10 tok/s and it's mostly coherent — What's not to like?\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### This one time, at Hacker Summer Camp …\n\nWhat to expect as BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON descend on Las Vegas\n\n-\nai and ml\n\n#### China turns up the heat with open model blitz as US model makers panic\n\nFor the first time, Alibaba's Qwen team is letting its 'Max' model out of the API pen; meanwhile, DeepSeek V4-Flash gives new meaning to cheap and cheerful competition\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Google dev kit spurs first-ever agent-on-agent violence\n\nPoisoned pull requests contain prompt injection that allows one to control another\n\n-\nSYSTEMS\n\n#### A deep dive into Nvidia's Vera CPU and the Olympus cores that power it\n\n88 custom cores, 176 funky threads, 1.5 TB of laptop RAM, and 1.8 TB/s of NVLink connectivity — this isn't your typical datacenter chip\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks\n\nPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack\n\nPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n\n-\nBlack Hat and DEF CON\n\n#### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure\n\nVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis\n\nWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n\n-\nMalware Month\n\n#### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight\n\nOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another\n\nWord up\n\n-\n#### GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensions\n\nNew 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way\n\n-\n#### A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32\n\nNew Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15\n\n-\n#### Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites\n\nFlaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide\n\n-\n#### Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly\n\nJoins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan\n\n-\n#### Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it\n\nNext version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dev-proves-llms-will-run-on-anything-even-a-10-microcontroller", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/edge-and-iot/2026/08/04/dev-proves-llms-will-run-on-anything-even-a-10-microcontroller/5283088", "published_at": "2026-08-04 21:20:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-04 23:13:45.536626+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["The Register"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dev-proves-llms-will-run-on-anything-even-a-10-microcontroller", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dev-proves-llms-will-run-on-anything-even-a-10-microcontroller.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dev-proves-llms-will-run-on-anything-even-a-10-microcontroller.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dev-proves-llms-will-run-on-anything-even-a-10-microcontroller.jsonld"}}