Large Language Models
Speculative Decoding
Large Language Models· Advanced
Definition
An inference acceleration technique where a smaller draft model generates candidate token sequences in parallel, and the larger target model verifies them in a single forward pass. Achieves 2-4x speedup with identical output quality by exploiting the verification vs. generation asymmetry.
Enterprise Context
Critical for reducing latency and cost in high-volume production deployments — enables real-time agentic applications that would otherwise be too slow.
Tags
#inference#performance#optimization
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