docs: create blog post for vulkan support (#2021)

* docs: create blog post for vulkan support

* Update website/blog/2024-05-01-vulkan-support/index.md

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Co-authored-by: Meng Zhang <meng@tabbyml.com>

website/blog/2024-05-01-vulkan-support/index.md

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+title: 'Vulkan Support: LLMs for Everyone'
+authors: [boxbeam]
+tags: [deployment]
+---
+
+It has long been the case that machine learning models are run on the GPU to improve their performance.
+The GPU is far more effective at the kinds of computations needed for AI than the CPU, and so GPU compute libraries
+such as Cuda and ROCm are typically used.
+
+However, requiring the support of these libraries can restrict which graphics cards are compatible, leaving many
+with older or less popular cards unable to run LLMs efficiently.
+
+Tabby is happy to announce that we now support Vulkan, a graphics library created primarily for games. Its original purpose
+means that it is designed to work on a very broad range of cards, and leveraging it to host LLMs means that we can now
+offer GPU acceleration to people whose cards are not supported by Cuda and ROCm.
+
+Vulkan works on basically any GPU, so if you have previously been forced to host local models on your CPU, now is the time
+to see what Tabby with Vulkan can do for you!
+
+## Vulkan Installation
+
+To begin, first make sure that you have Vulkan installed.
+
+For Windows users, Vulkan may be natively supported. Otherwise, the Vulkan SDK can be downloaded at https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#windows.
+
+For Linux users, Vulkan can be installed through your package manager:
+- Arch Linux: vulkan-icd-loader (universal), and also install vulkan-radeon (for AMD) or vulkan-nouveau (for Nvidia)
+- Debian Linux: libvulkan1
+
+![Vulkan installed on Arch Linux](./vulkan-installed-on-arch.png)
+
+## Tabby Installation
+
+To start using Tabby with Vulkan, first download one of the pre-built Vulkan binaries for your platform:
+- Linux: https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/download/v0.10.0/tabby_x86_64-manylinux2014-vulkan
+- Windows: https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby/releases/download/v0.10.0/tabby_x86_64-windows-msvc-vulkan.exe
+
+## Running
+
+Once you've installed the appropriate binary, you can simply run it from the command line:
+
+For Windows, open a command prompt and navigate to the download folder, then run:
+
+```
+tabby_x84_64-windows-msvc-vulkan serve --model StarCoder-1B --device vulkan
+```
+
+For Linux:
+
+```
+./tabby_x64_64-manylinux2014-vulkan serve --model StarCoder-1B --device vulkan
+```
+
+When it starts, you should see a printout indicating that Vulkan has found your card and is working properly:
+
+![Vulkan running on Linux](./vulkan-running.png)
+
+Now enjoy your speedy completions!
+
+![Completion example](./completion.png)