llama.cpp has released build b11153, expanding hardware support to include ROCm 10.0 for AMD GPUs on Linux and Windows, as well as native arm64 builds for Qualcomm Snapdragon processors on Linux. The update also adds CUDA 13.4 libraries for both x64 and arm64 architectures across Ubuntu and Windows platforms. Conversely, KleidiAI support on macOS Apple Silicon has been disabled in this release, and openEuler builds are currently marked as disabled. This release underscores the project's strategy of maintaining broad compatibility across diverse hardware ecosystems.
Read originalThis release targets a specific bottleneck in long-context inference by optimizing the sparse flash attention prefill step for NVIDIA GPUs. By templating kernels to unroll loops at compile time, batched sparse operations drop from 586 microseconds to 244 microseconds on 49k context windows. This isn't just a generic speed bump; it makes handling very long documents significantly more efficient for users relying on sparse attention mechanisms. The change is already baked into the standard CUDA builds, requiring no special flags.
The latest llama.cpp build brings immediate relevance to users on bleeding-edge NVIDIA hardware with native CUDA 13.4 support across Linux and Windows, closing the gap for those testing next-gen GPU architectures. More notably, it finally addresses the mobile inference landscape by including a dedicated build for Linux arm64 Snapdragon devices, covering CPU, Adreno GPU, and Hexagon NPU paths. This moves local AI beyond just desktop GPUs into the realm of high-performance edge computing on Qualcomm silicon. While Apple Silicon builds have KleidiAI disabled in this specific release, the expansion to ARM-based mobile NPUs marks a significant shift in where llama.cpp can run efficiently.
This release quietly cements llama.cpp as the universal inference runtime by finally bringing first-class ROCm 10.0 support to both Linux and Windows. AMD GPU users no longer need workarounds, effectively closing a long-standing parity gap with NVIDIA's CUDA ecosystem. Equally notable is the new Linux arm64 build targeting Snapdragon chips, which unlocks local LLM execution on high-performance mobile hardware via CPU, Adreno GPU, and Hexagon NPU acceleration. While KleidiAI on Apple Silicon has been disabled in this specific binary set, the broader platform expansion signals a shift toward heterogeneous computing that extends well beyond traditional desktop GPUs.
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