Kev-0.6B, a Jev-class decision model, running on the Apple

Ran Kev-0.6B, a Jev-class decision model, on the Apple Neural Engine and measured 7.18ms per decision with no token generation.
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Kev-0.6B, a Jev-class decision model, running on the Apple Neural Engine. One forward pass, no token generation. 7.18 ms per decision, p99 7.53. Placement isn't asserted yet, it's measured three ways: CPU-only returns zeros, Apple's xctrace Neural Engine instrument counts 303
Engagement when collected
Numbers are a snapshot taken from X when the case was added to the library (schema v1, collected 2026-09-19); they will not match today.
Where this case fits
Filed under general Jev builds. In the pattern Jev is built for, the model answers a bounded question per step — and ordinary code acts on the answer, because the answer is already a value rather than a paragraph. Browse the full case library for the work it sits next to.
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