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Deploying custom speech models does not require keeping an expensive GPU running around the clock. Exploring NVIDIA's Parakeet TDT 0.6B architecture reveals why quantized INT8 weights run exceptionally well on everyday CPUs, how serverless cold starts shrink from minutes to two seconds using GPU memory snapshots, and where fine-tuning accents risk running into quantization errors. The trade-offs between chunking long audio on CPU and paying for GPU attention windows define a practical hosting setup. Key sources: • NVIDIA model card, , created 2025-08-04, last modified 2026-08-05, retrieved 2026-11-12. — https://huggingface.co/nvidia/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 • Modal, GPU Memory Snapshots: Supercharging sub-second startup, , retrieved 2026-11-12. — https://modal.com/blog/gpu-mem-snapshots • Modal official pricing page, , retrieved 2026-11-12 (rates did not render; figures cross-checked via source 4). — https://modal.com/pricing Episode 6540 — myweirdprompts.com/n/6540 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/765710) Listen on Android: MWP FM Player — myweirdprompts.com/apk