Last Updated on September 30, 2025 by Editorial Team Author(s): Devi Originally published on Towards AI. Navigation: Why SLMs on CPUs are Trending When CPUs Make Sense SLMs vs LLMs: A Hybrid Strategy The CPU Inference Tech Stack Hands-On Exercise: Serving a Translation SLM on CPU with llama.cpp + EC2 Why SLMs on CPUs are Trending Traditionally, LLM inference required expensive GPUs. But with recent advancements, CPUs are back in the game for cost-efficient, small-scale inference. Three big sh...
