Engineers Weigh In: Why a Top Lab Skipped Speculative Decoding Despite Multi-Size Models
cHHillee · x · 2026-10-12
nrehiew wondered why a lab evaluated 3 differently-sized models but skipped MTP/speculative decoding. cHHillee says it's likely simply because implementing spec-dec is meaningful extra engineering work they didn't want to bother with.
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