Open Source Factory

MODELS & COSTS MiMo V2.6 Pro: The Task Cost and the Training Record Open Source Factory · Sep 21, 2026 · 12 min read Xiaomi MiMo — the V2.6 series went up on Hugging Face under the MIT license. (image: Xiaomi) MiMo's low measured evaluation cost makes a trial affordable. Xiaomi's published training records add something different: a way to inspect how the release was developed, including reported failures. Neither a cheap test nor a detailed log establishes that it can replace Opus on your own work. In this article The Pro and Flash releases The independent score of 46 Rows outside the launch headline The published six-day training record Results attributed to the training run Examples outside coding Prices and measured task costs Testing an Opus workload on MiMo Here is the part that made me stop scrolling. MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, which makes it the highest-ranked open-weights model on the board — one point ahead of GLM...

HARDWARE & DESIGN Xiaomi AI Cube: Bandwidth Is Only Useful With Software Access Open Source Factory · Aug 25, 2026 · 4 min read A prototype can run a large supplied model without exposing a general-purpose toolchain. That is the key question around Xiaomi's AI Cube. Its bandwidth and power claims deserve measurements, but a local-model buyer also needs to know which checkpoints and runtimes the user can actually choose. In this article Three custom chips in one box The prototype demonstration The bandwidth comparison and its limits Software access and availability Linked source documents For a buyer, the distinction is software access. A demonstration of a supplied model does not show whether users can load another checkpoint, choose a quantization or run an existing toolchain. That is the constraint to read alongside the bandwidth comparison. Three custom chips in one box The AI Cube isn't a Mac mini with a big NPU bolted in. Xiaomi wired three of its own chips toget...