The Practical AI Digest

Mixture of Experts at the Edge: Running 30B Parameter Models on Your Laptop

July 16, 2026·20 min
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A 30B parameter model runs on a MacBook because only 3B parameters fire per token. Mixture of Experts splits memory cost from compute cost, and that changes everything about where AI can run.

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