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Developed byresearchers at UC Berkeley and Stanford
Use caseoptimizing inference throughput for large language models by batching requests dynamically
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Continuous Batching

concept

Dynamic batching technique that processes requests of different lengths together for improved throughput

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implemented in

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vLLM○UnverifiedHighFresh1
vLLM inference engine○UnverifiedHighFresh1
TensorRT-LLM○UnverifiedHighFresh1

improves metric

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tokens per second throughput○UnverifiedHighFresh1
GPU utilization efficiency○UnverifiedHighFresh1

works with

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transformer language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
transformer-based language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
PagedAttention○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

primary use case

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optimizing inference throughput for large language models by batching requests dynamically○UnverifiedHighFresh1
optimizing inference throughput for large language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1

application domain

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Large language model serving○UnverifiedHighFresh1

combined with

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PagedAttention algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1

technique type

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Dynamic batching optimization for neural network inference○UnverifiedHighFresh1
dynamic batching algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1

addresses problem

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GPU underutilization during autoregressive generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
memory fragmentation in transformer inference○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

increases metric

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throughput○UnverifiedHighFresh1

addresses challenge

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different sequence completion times in batches○UnverifiedHighFresh1

technique category

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dynamic batching optimization○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports model

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transformer-based language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1

enables

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Higher throughput for variable-length sequence generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
higher GPU utilization during inference○UnverifiedHighFresh1

enables feature

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dynamic request batching○UnverifiedHighFresh1
dynamic request handling○UnverifiedHighFresh1
dynamic request scheduling○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

optimization target

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GPU memory utilization○UnverifiedHighFresh1

optimizes for

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transformer model inference○UnverifiedHighFresh1

solves problem

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GPU underutilization during variable-length sequence generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1

improves upon

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static batching techniques○UnverifiedHighFresh1

applicable to

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online serving systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

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static batching○UnverifiedHighFresh1
traditional request queuing systems○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

requires hardware

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GPU accelerators○UnverifiedHighFresh1

reduces

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inference latency for batched requests○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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researchers at UC Berkeley and Stanford○UnverifiedHighFresh1

research area

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machine learning systems optimization○UnverifiedHighFresh1

reduces metric

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Memory fragmentation during inference○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
time to first token○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
memory fragmentation○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

performance benefit

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higher throughput than traditional batching○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

integrates with

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PagedAttention memory management○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

requires technology

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CUDA○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
CUDA-compatible GPUs○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

handles

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variable-length sequence generation○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

requires

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GPU memory management optimization○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

used with

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PagedAttention memory management○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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