🚀 New Features

• Intel Arc support @aubreyli @rnwang04

⚡ Performance Improvements

• DeepSeek-R1 Q4 decoding @ 7.5 tokens/s
  Measured on a single-socket Xeon + DDR5 4800 MT/s + A770 platform; enabling dual-NUMA delivers additional speedups.

• Easy benchmarking
  Try it yourself with the local_chat script to see these gains firsthand.

🔜 What’s Next

• Balance_serve integration
  We’re working to seamlessly merge Intel GPU operators into the balance_serve backend for end-to-end support and streamlined maintenance.