vLLM Dev Pushes Back as 5 Specialized Inference Engines Launch in One Month
AccBalanced · x · 2026-09-13
Questioning the wave of specialized inference engines, vLLM core dev Kaichao You argues an inference engine is an ecosystem, not just a model on hardware: vLLM sits at the intersection of models, hardware, and inference techniques. He notes most projects claiming to beat vLLM either contribute back or vanish. The cited TileRT project (1.8k stars) adds PD disaggregation—vLLM prefill + TileRT decode—for GLM-5/5.1 and DeepSeek-V3.2, and hit 1000+ TPS on a 1T model with Xiaomi MiMo.
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