Observed arrival · 2026-10-16
RAM Famine: a memory ration book for model budgets
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An in-page calculator estimates language-model memory needs from model configuration, weight format, context length, and other inputs.
- For
- People sizing decoder-only language models
- Worth noticing
- The page reports matching Transformers on 600 parameter-count checks and 48 cache-size checks.
Field notes
The allocation form accepts a model shape or config.json, weight format, context length, concurrent sequences, and measured overhead; it states that calculations happen in the page. A second view compares the allocation with device memory and context fit, while another scales accelerator capacity in 12 GB increments. Bulletin No. 1 reports exact matches against Transformers on 600 parameter counts and 48 cache-size checks. The page also links to pump.fun and token-tracking services.
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