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# Local Inference

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 [![Dashboard-style cover showing Kimi K3's 2.8 trillion parameters streamed from four SSDs to a MacBook at 1 token per second](https://umesh-malik.com/blog/run-kimi-k3-locally-macbook-ssd-streaming-cover.png)

LLM Engineering • Sep 9, 2026

### Run Kimi K3 Locally: 2.8T Params From 4 SSDs at 1 Tok/s

Run Kimi K3 locally on a MacBook by streaming 1.45TB of experts from four SSDs — the 1 tok/s number, and why doubling drives doesn't double speed.

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