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Mistral releases Ministral edge LLMs optimized for laptops, phones
Bay Area Times
October 17, 2024
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1. Mistral releases Ministral edge LLMs optimized for laptops, phones
Ministral 3B and 8B generally outperform Google’s Gemma 2 2B and 9B and Llama 3.2 3B and 3.1 8B on benchmarks, according to Mistral:
128K token context window on both models.
Interleaved sliding-window attention pattern is also available on Ministral 8B.
$0.04 / M tokens (input and output) price for Ministral 3B
$0.10 / M tokens (input and output) for Ministral 8B.
Not open weights: Ministral 8B is only available for download but for research at the moment.
In the coming weeks, cloud platforms will start offering both Ministral LLMs.
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3. Amazon unveils Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition with color e-ink display
Featuring a Kindle Paperwhite-like design and carrying E Ink’s Kaleido display tech with 300ppi pixel density:
