microsoft / microsoft/foundry-local
[Feature Request] Bitnet support
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
### Describe the feature request
Bitnet support
https://github.com/microsoft/bitnet
### Describe scenario use case
Bitnet replaces heavy floating-point multiplications with simple additions, allowing large language models to run on standard CPUs with a tiny memory footprint and massive energy savings
### Customer requirement and impact
Bigger audience to use AI & massive energy savings.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked microsoft/bitnet project and the foundry-local repository to determine the expected integration boundary. The issue names no files, entry points, tests, or acceptance criteria, so confirm how Bitnet support should work and what successful support must cover before implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- ai, machine-learning, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100