Kimi K3 Training Optimizations Save ~90GB HBM Per GPU
AccBalanced · x · 2026-08-30
At Kimi K3 scale, memory directly dictates the number of GPUs required for training. Key optimizations include:
- Streaming Gradients: Used for Adam updates, reducing peak host memory by 33%.
- SiTU-GLU Activation Optimization: Native autograd saves redundant tensors, consuming >100GB HBM at 100k tokens/GPU. A custom streaming operator using a fixed-size workspace saves 90GB of HBM per GPU.
Related event: Kimi K3 Full Fine-Tuning Launches on AC2 with 40% Fewer GPUs(3 posts)→
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