Summary
According to a post on X by @QwenAIFans, a developer compiled an NPU into the weights of Qwen3.5-4B and used it to run Karpathy's stories260K, a small model that writes the stories shown in the demo video. The post says this follows an earlier experiment by the same developer that put a RISC-V core inside model weights. The account describes the work as an experimental demo, not a usable speed.
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What happened
After an earlier experiment that put a RISC-V core inside model weights, the same developer compiled an NPU into Qwen3.5-4B and used it to run Karpathy's stories260K, which writes stories in the demo video. The Qwen fan account notes it's an experimental demo, not usable speed. Original post on X Section:...
Why it matters
For now this looks like an early proof of concept rather than a practical tool, since the post says the speed is not usable. Developers working on open-weight models and on hardware-level inference may find the approach worth tracking. Next, watch whether the developer shares more technical detail or performance figures.
Signal Intelligence
Signal Strength 78%
Technical label WATCH
Public Interest 50
Category CREATOR TOOLS
Reader Depth TECHNICAL
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Public Interest components
Recognizable Entity Score 51
Practical Impact Score 28
Novelty Interest Score 94
Consequence Score 10
Curiosity Score 52
Shareability Score 61
Why this is here
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