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Training an LLM from Scratch on Inference-Only NPUs — No GPU Required

Training an LLM from Scratch on Inference-Only NPUs — No GPU Required TL;DR: VIDRAFT has successfully pre-trained a small language model entirely on inference-only NPUs, bypassing GPUs at every stage of training. The model — VKORE-46M-NPU — is publicly available on Hugging Face, along with comparat…

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  1. 2026-10-14 23:01 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    Training an LLM from Scratch on Inference-Only NPUs — No GPU Required

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