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llama.cpp b12024 adds Snapdragon and ROCm 10
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- →Snapdragon support enables efficient local inference on mobile and edge devices using Hexagon NPU.
- →ROCm 10.0 integration ensures AMD GPU users have access to the latest driver optimizations.
- →CUDA 13.4 inclusion prepares the ecosystem for upcoming NVIDIA hardware and software requirements.
llama.cpp has released version b12024, adding support for Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms with CPU, Adreno GPU, and Hexagon NPU acceleration. The update also upgrades ROCm support to version 10.0 across Linux and Windows builds. CUDA binaries now include libraries for both CUDA 12.8 and the newly added CUDA 13.4. Additional builds cover openEuler with ACL Graph support for Huawei Ascend chips and various OpenVINO configurations.
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