Why Local LLMs Don't Need C++ or Python: Building a 15MB Native AOT Inference Engine in .NET 10

A new .NET 10 inference engine, Glacier.Inference, enables high-performance local LLM execution in pure C#, bypassing traditional C++ dependencies and CUDA toolkits. It achieves this by directly interacting with GPU driver interfaces and utilizing advanced techniques like fused in-VRAM argmax reduction and Direct3D 12 compute shaders for integrated GPUs. This results in a compact, around 15MB, native AOT executable that offers competitive performance without the overhead of typical LLM deployment methods.

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