A primer on key AI LLM concepts — KV cache, weights, quantization, and how inference actually works

Tom's Hardware
Oct 30, 2026, 9:30 am117 pts
As hardware for running local AI models continues to move to the forefront, such as Nvidia's RTX Spark, a new set of acronyms, definitions, and terminology is popping up. Given the pace of releases, we've put together a list of AI's new nomenclature to familiarize you with new concepts and pieces of terminology…

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