Summary of Pod-attention: Unlocking Full Prefill-decode Overlap For Faster Llm Inference, by Aditya K Kamath et al.
POD-Attention: Unlocking Full Prefill-Decode Overlap for Faster LLM Inference
by Aditya K Kamath, Ramya Prabhu, Jayashree Mohan, Simon Peter, Ramachandran Ramjee, Ashish Panwar
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this research paper, the authors explore ways to improve GPU utilization in large language model (LLM) inference tasks. The authors identify that each request goes through two phases: compute-bound prefill and memory-bandwidth-bound decode. They also highlight that recent systems use hybrid batching, which combines these phases into a single batch for linear operations. However, this approach is still inefficient for attention computation because existing kernels are designed independently for the prefill and decode phases. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Large language models have become incredibly powerful tools in many areas of life, from answering questions to generating creative content. But did you know that these models need super-powerful computers to work efficiently? In this paper, scientists looked at how we can make those computers use their processing power more effectively. They found that the way we currently do things isn’t perfect and that there’s room for improvement. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Attention * Inference * Large language model
