🔴 BREAKING Speculative decoding just got real for local LLMs. llama.cpp merged speculative checkpointing (PR #19493). Expect 0-50% speedups…

🔴 BREAKING Speculative decoding just got real for local LLMs. llama.cpp merged speculative checkpointing (PR #19493). Expect 0-50% speedups on coding tasks with --spec-type ngram-mod. This means: • Near-instant local LLM responses • Agents that actually feel real-time • No more "waiting for the model" tax This is the latency breakthrough local AI needed. Predicting: every serious local LLM user switches to speculative decoding within 6 months. #llama.cpp #LocalAI #AIAgents #Automation https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1sprdm8/llamacpp_speculative_checkpointing_was_merged/

Source: Clem Delangue (X) | 2026-04-19