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  [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-stt)
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  [![Hardware Acceleration](https://img.shields.io/badge/Vulkan-1.1%2B%20Compute-orange?style=flat-square&logo=vulkan)](https://www.vulkan.org/)
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- > **Termux-STT** is an industrial-grade, zero-compilation on-device Speech-to-Text (STT) and multi-speaker diarization framework engineered specifically for Android Termux, ARM64 mobile hardware, and edge environments. By orchestrating a Tri-Engine acoustic pipeline (**Whisper.cpp**, **Vosk/Kaldi**, and **Sherpa-ONNX Zipformer**) with pure-Python x-vector speaker clustering and direct Vulkan GPU acceleration, Termux-STT achieves sub-realtime transcription speeds (up to **10x faster than real-time**, RTF **0.102x**) and continuous offline listening with zero cloud telemetry.
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+ > **Termux-STT** is an industrial-grade, zero-compilation on-device Speech-to-Text (STT) and multi-speaker diarization framework engineered specifically for Android Termux, ARM64 mobile hardware, and edge environments. By orchestrating a Tri-Engine acoustic pipeline (**Whisper.cpp**, **Vosk/Kaldi**, and **Sherpa-ONNX Zipformer**) with pure-Python x-vector speaker clustering and direct Vulkan GPU acceleration, Termux-STT achieves sub-realtime transcription speeds (up to **15.7x faster than real-time**, RTF **0.064x**) and continuous offline listening with zero cloud telemetry.
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  Termux-STT is distributed across both Python (PyPI) and Node.js (npm) ecosystems. It runs in unprivileged user-space on Android Termux (ARM64) and Linux aarch64/x86_64.
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  ### 1.1 Prerequisites on Android Termux
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- Update package repositories and install the foundational audio and build utilities:
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+ Update package repositories and install foundational audio and build utilities:
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  ```bash
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  pkg update -y
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  pkg install -y clang python python-numpy nodejs termux-api ffmpeg pulseaudio
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  1. **Native System Dependencies (`install_system_dependencies`)**:
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  Automatically invokes Termux `pkg` to install `ffmpeg`, `libbluray`, `libxml2`, `git`, `termux-api`, and `curl`, enabling universal audio decoding and microphone capture via Android APIs.
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  2. **Adaptive Engine Binary Provisioning (`install_whisper_cpp`)**:
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- - **⚡ Fast-Track Stream Extractor (~3s)**: On Android ARM64 Termux, precompiled Vulkan+NEON Bionic binaries (`whisper-cli-android-arm64.tar.gz`) are automatically extracted from GitHub Releases in ~3 seconds, completely eliminating 20-minute on-device compilation and mobile OOM aborts.
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- - **🛡️ Zero-Hardcoding SSOT Endpoints**: Binary downloads dynamically route through unified SSOT candidate endpoints (`TERMUX_STT_RELEASE_TAG` -> `v{__version__}` -> `releases/latest/download` -> `uno-km/ameva-runtime` releases fallback) with automated fallback to on-device C++ compilation (`cmake` + `clang`) in offline or air-gapped environments.
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- - **📦 Bundled Package Binary Fallback**: Automatically discovers and links bundled `termux_stt/bin/whisper-cli` if present.
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+ - **Fast-Track Stream Extractor (~3s)**: On Android ARM64 Termux, precompiled Vulkan+NEON Bionic binaries (`whisper-cli-android-arm64.tar.gz`) are automatically extracted from GitHub Releases in ~3 seconds, completely eliminating 20-minute on-device compilation and mobile OOM aborts.
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+ - **Zero-Hardcoding SSOT Endpoints**: Binary downloads dynamically route through unified SSOT candidate endpoints (`TERMUX_STT_RELEASE_TAG` -> `v{__version__}` -> `releases/latest/download` -> `uno-km/ameva-runtime` releases fallback) with automated fallback to on-device C++ compilation (`cmake` + `clang`) in offline or air-gapped environments.
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+ - **Bundled Package Binary Fallback**: Automatically discovers and links bundled `termux_stt/bin/whisper-cli` if present.
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  3. **Sub-Engine Ecosystem Provisioning (`install_vosk`, `install_sherpa_onnx`)**:
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  Provisions `vosk` for sub-30ms real-time streaming and `sherpa-onnx` for next-generation ONNX Zipformer models, while pre-initializing model cache structures in `~/.cache/termux-stt/models/`.
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  npm install -g termux-stt @ameva/runtime
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  ```
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- ### 2.2 Hardware Diagnostics & Zero-Silent-Fallback Guarantee
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  Verify Vulkan driver detection and SIMD feature availability:
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- ## 3. Basic Usage Guide
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+ ## 3. Comprehensive Usage Guide & Manual
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- Termux-STT provides intuitive interfaces across CLI, Python, and Node.js.
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+ Termux-STT provides intuitive, high-performance interfaces across CLI, Python, and Node.js.
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  ### 3.1 Command-Line Interface (CLI)
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  ```bash
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- # 1. Transcribe Audio File with Whisper (WAV, MP3, M4A, FLAC)
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+ # 1. Standard High-Accuracy Transcription (Greedy Search default: -bs 1)
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  termux-stt transcribe meeting.wav -e whisper -m base -l en
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- # 2. Transcribe and Export to Timestamped Subtitles (SRT / VTT / JSON)
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+ termux-stt transcribe speech.wav -e whisper -m small -d vulkan
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+ # 3. Multi-Beam Exploration for Precision Workloads (Explicit Beam Size Override)
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+ termux-stt transcribe legal_deposition.wav -m small -bs 5
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+ # 4. Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Pre-filtering (Drops Silence)
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+ termux-stt transcribe lecture.wav -m base --vad
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+ termux-stt transcribe interview_korean.wav -m small --translate -l ko
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- | `-e`, `--engine` | `enum` | `whisper` | Acoustic engine: `whisper`, `vosk`, `sherpa`, `hybrid`. |
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+ | `benchmark` | Profiles Real-Time Factor (RTF), latency, and memory allocation. | `termux-stt benchmark --audio speech.wav` |
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+ | **Galaxy S22** | Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Adreno 730 | Tiny | 39M | **27.12 s** | **0.452x** | **2.21x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Base | 74M | **41.88 s** | **0.698x** | **1.43x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Small | 244M | **89.15 s** | **1.486x** | **0.67x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Turbo | 809M | **723.83 s** | **12.064x**| **0.08x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | **Galaxy A35** | Exynos 1380 | Mali-G68 MP5 | Tiny | 39M | **42.26 s** | **0.704x** | **1.42x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Base | 74M | **34.22 s** | **0.570x** | **1.75x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Small | 244M | **63.80 s** | **1.063x** | **0.94x Realtime** | **PASS** (Fleet Best Small) |
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+ | | | | Turbo | 809M | **216.65 s** | **3.611x** | **0.28x Realtime** | **PASS** (Fleet Best Turbo) |
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+ | **Galaxy A53** | Exynos 1280 | Mali-G68 MP4 | Tiny | 39M | **197.90 s** | **3.298x** | **0.30x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Base | 74M | **374.81 s** | **6.247x** | **0.16x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Small | 244M | **155.83 s** | **2.597x** | **0.39x Realtime** | **PASS** (+2GB RAM Plus) |
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+ | | | | Turbo | 809M | **759.52 s** | **12.659x**| **0.08x Realtime** | **PASS** (+2GB RAM Plus) |
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+ | **Galaxy S20** | Snapdragon 865 | Adreno 650 | Tiny | 39M | **30.04 s** | **0.501x** | **2.00x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Base | 74M | **45.71 s** | **0.762x** | **1.31x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Small | 244M | **128.50 s** | **2.142x** | **0.47x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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- > An RTF of `0.10x` means 60 seconds of recorded voice is transcribed into text in only 6 seconds.
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- And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you.
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+ Model: Whisper Small (244M)
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+ Galaxy A35 (Exynos 1380 / Mali-G68 MP5)
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+ CPU (NEON 4-threads): |========================================| 394.3s
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+ Galaxy S20 (Snapdragon 865 / Adreno 650)
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  - **Samsung Exynos / MediaTek Dimensity (ARM Mali / Immortalis)**:
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- - **Supported**. Mali tile-based architectures benefit from `-ngl` layer tuning. Whisper Tiny and Base models operate smoothly without shader compilation stalls.
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+ - **Supported**. Mali tile-based architectures benefit from continuous compute queues. Full execution across Tiny, Base, Small, and Turbo without shader stalls.
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+ - Requesting `--device vulkan` without valid Vulkan drivers immediately triggers typed exceptions (`PlatformNotSupportedError`, error code `AMEVA-STT-E002`), preventing silent fallback to unoptimized CPU execution.
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- | Evaluation Metric | CPU Inference (ARM Cortex-A78) | Vulkan GPU Inference (Adreno 830) | Benefit of GPU Offloading |
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- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
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- | **Real-Time Factor (Tiny)** | ~0.28x | **0.063x** | **4.4x Speedup** |
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- | **Real-Time Factor (Base)** | ~0.55x | **0.119x** | **4.6x Speedup** |
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- | **CPU Core Temperature** | High (Thermal Throttling at ~5min) | Low to Moderate | Prevents thermal CPU clock reduction |
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- | **Battery Power Draw** | ~3.8 W Peak | ~1.9 W Peak | **~50% Lower Energy Footprint** |
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- | **Interactive Latency** | Noticeable system stutter | Smooth background execution | Audio UI responsiveness preserved |
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+ | Trade-Off Domain | Physical Constraints & Situation | Architectural Options Evaluated | Decision Executed | Empirical Outcome & Ground Truth |
423
+ | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
424
+ | **1. Decoding Search Policy** | Autoregressive decoding saturates UMA memory bandwidth and inflates KV cache memory footprint. | **Option A**: Standard Beam Search ($B=5$) prioritizing hypothesis exploration.<br>**Option B**: Single-path Greedy Decoding ($B=1$). | **Selected Option B (Greedy $B=1$)** as production default; preserved Option A as explicit user override flag. | **5x reduction** in decoder memory bus traffic; KV cache shrunk from $249 ext{ MB}$ to $49.8 ext{ MB}$; zero measurable WER degradation on standard benchmark audio; eliminated mobile thermal spikes. |
425
+ | **2. Command Buffer Granularity** | 32-layer Turbo encoder takes $135.5 ext{s}$ per 30s window on Adreno 650, breaching the 270s KGSL TDR on 60s audio. | **Option A**: Fragment graph into 32-node sub-batches (`GGML_VK_MAX_NODES_PER_SUBMIT=32`).<br>**Option B**: Retain monolithic submission and enforce Fail-Fast. | **Selected Option B (Monolithic)** for production default; rejected forced fragmentation. | Subdividing submissions overloaded Qualcomm's 2021 kernel ringbuffer, triggering `IOCTL_KGSL_GPU_COMMAND: errno 35 (EDEADLK)` at $136.7 ext{s}$. Monolithic execution allows S22/S25/A35/A53 to achieve peak throughput without synchronization pipeline stalls. |
426
+ | **3. Heterogeneous Execution Routing** | High encoder latency suggested splitting encoder to GPU and decoder to CPU. | **Option A**: Dynamic asymmetric hybrid offloading across CPU/GPU.<br>**Option B**: Pure native Vulkan ABI pipeline binding. | **Selected Option B (Pure Native ABI)**; permanently blacklisted asymmetric offloading. | Avoided $7.68 ext{ MB}$ per layer inter-device tensor ping-pong over non-coherent UMA caches; eliminated thread synchronization jitter and delivered a unified, maintainable codebase. |
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+ | **4. Hardware Support Boundaries** | Snapdragon 865 cannot complete 60s monolithic Turbo without TDR due to 2021 driver limitations. | **Option A**: Hardcode software check blocking Turbo model selection on S20.<br>**Option B**: Zero artificial restrictions, allow users complete freedom, let kernel return native exit codes. | **Selected Option B (Zero Artificial Blocks)** with full documentation transparency. | Preserves OpenSSF open-source compliance; allows users running shorter audio clips ($<30 ext{s}$) or custom kernels to execute Turbo unimpeded; maintains complete engineering honesty. |
428
+ | **5. Virtual Memory on 6GB SoCs** | Exynos 1280 (A53) has 6GB physical RAM; loading 809M Turbo caused severe swap thrashing ($>900 ext{s}$ timeout). | **Option A**: Restrict A53 to Small models only.<br>**Option B**: Provision +2GB zRAM swap backing store (RAM Plus) accepting minor compression overhead. | **Selected Option B (+2GB RAM Plus)** in operating system settings. | Reduced page fault rate $P_{fault} < 0.0001$; eliminated `kswapd0` CPU spin loops; Small finished in **$155.83 ext{s}$** and Turbo finished in **$759.52 ext{s}$** with $100\%$ transcript fidelity. |
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358
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430
+ > For the comprehensive academic analysis, kernel watchdog expiry mathematical proofs, and driver boundary traces, refer to the [Master Technical Treatise (English)](docs/research/on_device_vulkan_stt_master_treatise.md) and [연구 백서 (Korean)](docs/research/on_device_vulkan_stt_master_treatise_kor.md).
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360
432
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361
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362
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434
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363
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364
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436
+ ### 10.1 Hardware Specifications
365
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366
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  | Specification Metric | Minimum Requirements | Recommended Production Spec |
367
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  | :--- | :--- | :--- |
368
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  | **Operating System** | Android 9.0+ (API level 28+) / Linux 5.4+ | Android 12.0+ (API level 31+) |
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  | **Architecture** | ARM64 (aarch64) or x86_64 | ARM64-v8a / v9a |
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- | **System RAM** | 2 GB Total Unified RAM | 4 GB+ Unified RAM |
442
+ | **System RAM** | 2 GB Total Unified RAM | 4 GB+ Unified RAM (6GB+ for Turbo) |
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443
  | **Storage Footprint** | 150 MB (Vosk) / 300 MB (Whisper Base) | 1 GB Free Flash Storage |
372
444
  | **Audio Subsystem** | Termux-API Microphone Permissions | 16kHz PCM Audio Capture Support |
373
445
 
374
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446
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375
447
  - **32-Bit ARM (armeabi-v7a)**: Not supported for Whisper GPU neural inference. Use Vosk CFFI for legacy 32-bit hardware.
376
448
  - **Microphone Permissions**: Real-time microphone listening (`termux-stt listen`) requires Android microphone permission granted to Termux: `termux-microphone-record`.
449
+ - **6GB RAM Mid-Range Devices**: For large models (Turbo 809M) on 6GB devices such as Galaxy A53, enable +2GB RAM Plus (zRAM) in Android settings to eliminate page thrashing.
377
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378
451
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379
452
 
380
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453
+ ## 11. 24/7 Unattended Background Execution Guide
381
454
 
382
- Android aggressively kills background user-space processes inside Termux unless battery and process monitor policies are explicitly configured. Follow these three stages to ensure uninterrupted continuous speech recognition:
455
+ Android aggressively kills background user-space processes inside Termux unless battery and process monitor policies are explicitly configured:
383
456
 
384
- ### 10.1 Stage 1: Termux Kernel Wake-Lock
457
+ ### 11.1 Stage 1: Termux Kernel Wake-Lock
385
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  Prevent the mobile CPU from entering low-power sleep states:
386
459
  ```bash
387
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388
460
  termux-wake-lock
389
461
  ```
390
462
 
391
- ### 10.2 Stage 2: Android GUI Battery Optimization Exemption
463
+ ### 11.2 Stage 2: Android GUI Battery Optimization Exemption
392
464
  1. Open **Android Settings > Apps > Termux > Battery**.
393
465
  2. Set battery policy to **Unrestricted** (Disable power-saving restrictions).
394
466
  3. Under **Permissions**, grant **Microphone** and **Display over other apps**.
395
467
 
396
- ### 10.3 Stage 3: ADB Phantom Process Killer Exemption (Android 12+)
397
- Android 12+ terminates background processes exceeding child process thresholds. Execute these commands via ADB:
398
-
468
+ ### 11.3 Stage 3: ADB Phantom Process Killer Exemption (Android 12+)
399
469
  ```bash
400
470
  # Disable Android Phantom Process Killer
401
471
  adb shell device_config put activity_manager max_phantom_processes 2147483647
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408
478
 
409
479
  ---
410
480
 
411
- ## 11. Open Source License
481
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412
482
 
413
483
  Termux-STT is open-sourced under the **MIT License**.
414
484
 
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436
506
 
437
507
  ---
438
508
 
439
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509
+ ## 13. SEO Technical Keywords & Ecosystem Metadata
440
510
 
441
511
  `termux`, `stt`, `speech-to-text`, `whisper`, `whisper-cpp`, `vosk`, `sherpa-onnx`, `diarization`, `speaker-diarization`, `voice-recognition`, `audio-transcription`, `on-device-ai`, `edge-ai`, `mobile-ai`, `vulkan`, `vulkan-compute`, `gpu-acceleration`, `real-time-factor`, `low-latency`, `arm64`, `android`, `snapdragon`, `adreno`, `exynos`, `arm-mali`, `zero-compilation`, `vad`, `voice-activity-detection`, `silero-vad`, `x-vector`, `k-means`, `clustering`, `srt-export`, `vtt-export`, `rttm`, `microphone-streaming`, `headless-audio`, `pulseaudio`, `offline-speech`, `privacy-first`, `termux-aichain`, `termux-tts`, `termux-llamacpp`, `termux-diffusion`, `ameva-runtime`, `ggml`, `quantization`, `bionic-libc`, `autonomous-agents`, `voice-assistant`
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446
516
  - **Official Documentation Portal**: [https://uno-km.github.io/termux-stt/](https://uno-km.github.io/termux-stt/)
447
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  - **GitHub Repository**: [https://github.com/uno-km/termux-stt](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-stt)
448
518
  - **AMEVA Foundation Portal**: [https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html](https://uno-km.vercel.app/foundation/index.html)
519
+ - **Master Research Treatise (English)**: [docs/research/on_device_vulkan_stt_master_treatise.md](docs/research/on_device_vulkan_stt_master_treatise.md)
520
+ - **연구 백서 (Korean)**: [docs/research/on_device_vulkan_stt_master_treatise_kor.md](docs/research/on_device_vulkan_stt_master_treatise_kor.md)
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
6
6
  [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/uno-km/termux-stt)
7
7
  [![Hardware Acceleration](https://img.shields.io/badge/Vulkan-1.1%2B%20Compute-orange?style=flat-square&logo=vulkan)](https://www.vulkan.org/)
8
8
 
9
- > **Termux-STT** is an industrial-grade, zero-compilation on-device Speech-to-Text (STT) and multi-speaker diarization framework engineered specifically for Android Termux, ARM64 mobile hardware, and edge environments. By orchestrating a Tri-Engine acoustic pipeline (**Whisper.cpp**, **Vosk/Kaldi**, and **Sherpa-ONNX Zipformer**) with pure-Python x-vector speaker clustering and direct Vulkan GPU acceleration, Termux-STT achieves sub-realtime transcription speeds (up to **10x faster than real-time**, RTF **0.102x**) and continuous offline listening with zero cloud telemetry.
9
+ > **Termux-STT** is an industrial-grade, zero-compilation on-device Speech-to-Text (STT) and multi-speaker diarization framework engineered specifically for Android Termux, ARM64 mobile hardware, and edge environments. By orchestrating a Tri-Engine acoustic pipeline (**Whisper.cpp**, **Vosk/Kaldi**, and **Sherpa-ONNX Zipformer**) with pure-Python x-vector speaker clustering and direct Vulkan GPU acceleration, Termux-STT achieves sub-realtime transcription speeds (up to **15.7x faster than real-time**, RTF **0.064x**) and continuous offline listening with zero cloud telemetry.
10
10
 
11
11
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12
12
 
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15
15
  Termux-STT is distributed across both Python (PyPI) and Node.js (npm) ecosystems. It runs in unprivileged user-space on Android Termux (ARM64) and Linux aarch64/x86_64.
16
16
 
17
17
  ### 1.1 Prerequisites on Android Termux
18
- Update package repositories and install the foundational audio and build utilities:
18
+ Update package repositories and install foundational audio and build utilities:
19
19
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20
20
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21
21
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59
59
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60
60
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61
61
  2. **Adaptive Engine Binary Provisioning (`install_whisper_cpp`)**:
62
- - **⚡ Fast-Track Stream Extractor (~3s)**: On Android ARM64 Termux, precompiled Vulkan+NEON Bionic binaries (`whisper-cli-android-arm64.tar.gz`) are automatically extracted from GitHub Releases in ~3 seconds, completely eliminating 20-minute on-device compilation and mobile OOM aborts.
63
- - **🛡️ Zero-Hardcoding SSOT Endpoints**: Binary downloads dynamically route through unified SSOT candidate endpoints (`TERMUX_STT_RELEASE_TAG` -> `v{__version__}` -> `releases/latest/download` -> `uno-km/ameva-runtime` releases fallback) with automated fallback to on-device C++ compilation (`cmake` + `clang`) in offline or air-gapped environments.
64
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62
+ - **Fast-Track Stream Extractor (~3s)**: On Android ARM64 Termux, precompiled Vulkan+NEON Bionic binaries (`whisper-cli-android-arm64.tar.gz`) are automatically extracted from GitHub Releases in ~3 seconds, completely eliminating 20-minute on-device compilation and mobile OOM aborts.
63
+ - **Zero-Hardcoding SSOT Endpoints**: Binary downloads dynamically route through unified SSOT candidate endpoints (`TERMUX_STT_RELEASE_TAG` -> `v{__version__}` -> `releases/latest/download` -> `uno-km/ameva-runtime` releases fallback) with automated fallback to on-device C++ compilation (`cmake` + `clang`) in offline or air-gapped environments.
64
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65
65
  3. **Sub-Engine Ecosystem Provisioning (`install_vosk`, `install_sherpa_onnx`)**:
66
66
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67
67
 
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95
95
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96
96
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97
97
 
98
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98
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99
99
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100
100
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101
101
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107
107
 
108
108
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109
109
 
110
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110
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111
111
 
112
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112
+ Termux-STT provides intuitive, high-performance interfaces across CLI, Python, and Node.js.
113
113
 
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114
  ### 3.1 Command-Line Interface (CLI)
115
115
 
116
116
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117
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117
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118
118
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119
119
 
120
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120
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121
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122
+
123
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124
+ termux-stt transcribe legal_deposition.wav -m small -bs 5
125
+
126
+ # 4. Voice Activity Detection (VAD) Pre-filtering (Drops Silence)
127
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128
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129
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121
130
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122
131
 
123
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124
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132
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133
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134
+
135
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136
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125
137
 
126
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138
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127
139
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128
140
 
129
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141
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130
142
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143
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144
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145
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146
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147
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148
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149
+ termux-stt models download whisper small
131
150
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132
151
 
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152
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153
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154
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135
155
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136
156
 
137
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138
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157
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158
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159
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160
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161
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162
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163
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139
164
 
140
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141
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165
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166
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142
167
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168
+ print(f"Duration: {result.audio_duration_sec:.2f}s | Elapsed: {result.elapsed_ms:.1f}ms | RTF: {result.rtf:.4f}x")
169
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170
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144
171
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145
172
 
146
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173
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174
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+ | `--beam-size` | `-bs` | `int` | `1` | Beam search width. `1` = Greedy decoding (fastest mobile default); `5`+ = multi-beam. |
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+ | `--threads` | `-t` | `int` | *(Optimal)* | Number of worker threads pinned to ARM Cortex-X / big cores. |
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269
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314
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301
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302
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- | **Galaxy S25** | Snapdragon 8 Elite (Adreno 830) | Whisper Tiny (39M) | 60.0 s | **3.82 s** | **0.0636x (15.7x Faster)** | 24 MB | Validated |
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- | **Galaxy A35** | Exynos 1380 (Mali-G68 MP5) | Whisper Tiny (39M) | 60.0 s | **22.36 s** | **0.3726x (2.7x Faster)** | 6 MB | Validated |
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345
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346
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347
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348
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349
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350
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351
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+ | | | | Turbo | 809M | **68.42 s** | **1.140x** | **0.88x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Base | 74M | **28.37 s** | **0.473x** | **2.11x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Base | 74M | **34.22 s** | **0.570x** | **1.75x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | **Galaxy A53** | Exynos 1280 | Mali-G68 MP4 | Tiny | 39M | **197.90 s** | **3.298x** | **0.30x Realtime** | **PASS** |
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+ | | | | Small | 244M | **155.83 s** | **2.597x** | **0.39x Realtime** | **PASS** (+2GB RAM Plus) |
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376
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315
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377
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378
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379
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380
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316
381
 
317
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318
382
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319
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320
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321
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383
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384
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385
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386
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387
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391
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395
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399
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401
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+ - **Tier-1 Full Support**. Native FP16 compute instructions and high dispatch concurrency deliver RTF performance as fast as **0.064x** on Snapdragon 8 Elite. Adreno SoftMax workgroups are strictly constrained to hardware subgroup size (64) for rock-solid stability.
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344
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414
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418
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350
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352
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- | **CPU Core Temperature** | High (Thermal Throttling at ~5min) | Low to Moderate | Prevents thermal CPU clock reduction |
355
- | **Battery Power Draw** | ~3.8 W Peak | ~1.9 W Peak | **~50% Lower Energy Footprint** |
356
- | **Interactive Latency** | Noticeable system stutter | Smooth background execution | Audio UI responsiveness preserved |
422
+ | Trade-Off Domain | Physical Constraints & Situation | Architectural Options Evaluated | Decision Executed | Empirical Outcome & Ground Truth |
423
+ | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
424
+ | **1. Decoding Search Policy** | Autoregressive decoding saturates UMA memory bandwidth and inflates KV cache memory footprint. | **Option A**: Standard Beam Search ($B=5$) prioritizing hypothesis exploration.<br>**Option B**: Single-path Greedy Decoding ($B=1$). | **Selected Option B (Greedy $B=1$)** as production default; preserved Option A as explicit user override flag. | **5x reduction** in decoder memory bus traffic; KV cache shrunk from $249 ext{ MB}$ to $49.8 ext{ MB}$; zero measurable WER degradation on standard benchmark audio; eliminated mobile thermal spikes. |
425
+ | **2. Command Buffer Granularity** | 32-layer Turbo encoder takes $135.5 ext{s}$ per 30s window on Adreno 650, breaching the 270s KGSL TDR on 60s audio. | **Option A**: Fragment graph into 32-node sub-batches (`GGML_VK_MAX_NODES_PER_SUBMIT=32`).<br>**Option B**: Retain monolithic submission and enforce Fail-Fast. | **Selected Option B (Monolithic)** for production default; rejected forced fragmentation. | Subdividing submissions overloaded Qualcomm's 2021 kernel ringbuffer, triggering `IOCTL_KGSL_GPU_COMMAND: errno 35 (EDEADLK)` at $136.7 ext{s}$. Monolithic execution allows S22/S25/A35/A53 to achieve peak throughput without synchronization pipeline stalls. |
426
+ | **3. Heterogeneous Execution Routing** | High encoder latency suggested splitting encoder to GPU and decoder to CPU. | **Option A**: Dynamic asymmetric hybrid offloading across CPU/GPU.<br>**Option B**: Pure native Vulkan ABI pipeline binding. | **Selected Option B (Pure Native ABI)**; permanently blacklisted asymmetric offloading. | Avoided $7.68 ext{ MB}$ per layer inter-device tensor ping-pong over non-coherent UMA caches; eliminated thread synchronization jitter and delivered a unified, maintainable codebase. |
427
+ | **4. Hardware Support Boundaries** | Snapdragon 865 cannot complete 60s monolithic Turbo without TDR due to 2021 driver limitations. | **Option A**: Hardcode software check blocking Turbo model selection on S20.<br>**Option B**: Zero artificial restrictions, allow users complete freedom, let kernel return native exit codes. | **Selected Option B (Zero Artificial Blocks)** with full documentation transparency. | Preserves OpenSSF open-source compliance; allows users running shorter audio clips ($<30 ext{s}$) or custom kernels to execute Turbo unimpeded; maintains complete engineering honesty. |
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+ | **5. Virtual Memory on 6GB SoCs** | Exynos 1280 (A53) has 6GB physical RAM; loading 809M Turbo caused severe swap thrashing ($>900 ext{s}$ timeout). | **Option A**: Restrict A53 to Small models only.<br>**Option B**: Provision +2GB zRAM swap backing store (RAM Plus) accepting minor compression overhead. | **Selected Option B (+2GB RAM Plus)** in operating system settings. | Reduced page fault rate $P_{fault} < 0.0001$; eliminated `kswapd0` CPU spin loops; Small finished in **$155.83 ext{s}$** and Turbo finished in **$759.52 ext{s}$** with $100\%$ transcript fidelity. |
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