Hugging Face ships inference conceptual guide on prefill, decode, and KV cache

mervenoyann · x · 2026-10-09

Hugging Face is shipping conceptual guides on inference optimization. The first covers prefill vs decode, KV cache mechanics, and what to optimize for when squeezing maximum performance out of a local setup.

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