How does Llama.cpp work?

The project pioneered the GGUF file format (originally GGML) for storing quantized model weights, supporting precisions from 2-bit to 8-bit and full FP16/BF16. Llama.cpp powered the wave of consumer LLM adoption in 2023 by making models like Llama, Mistral, and Mixtral runnable on personal laptops without GPUs. The platform strengthens enterpri