Qwen3-Coder 30B runs on older CPUs via aggressive compression

Running a 30B class model on CPU-only legacy hardware at interactive speeds demonstrates significant progress in model quantization and optimization. REAP compression and 4-bit quantization allow users to run massive models on older CPUs, democratizing access to high-tier AI coding assistants. The generated code is functional and well-structured, proving that aggressive quantization retains significant reasoning capabilities, though deploying these models still demands substantial RAM.