OS page cache
AssessTechniques
Operating-system file caching used to speed repeated disk reads.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 6Hacker News·7/9/2026open_sourceColibrì runs GLM 5.2 on a slow laptop by streaming MoE experts from disk
A Hacker News post introduces Colibrì, a single-file C engine designed to run the GLM 5.2 mixture-of-experts model on modest hardware. The author says the system keeps the dense model parts in RAM at int4 precision and streams routed experts from disk, enabling use on a 32 GB laptop without running out of memory.