Running AI Inference on AMD EPYC Without a GPU in Sight
Spoiler: You don't need a $40,000 GPU to run LLM inference. Sometimes 24 CPU cores and the right software stack will do just fine.
The AI infrastructure conversation has become almost synonymous with GPU procurement battles, NVIDIA allocation queues, and eye-watering hardware costs. But here's a reality that doesn't get enough attention: for many inference workloads, especially during development, testing, and moderate-scale production, modern CPUs with optimized software can deliver surprisingly capable performance at a fraction of the cost.