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Speculative Decoding: The Inference Trick Hiding in Plain Sight
Speculative decoding promises faster LLM inference without touching model weights. The math holds up — but the production story is messier than the papers admit.
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Speculative decoding promises faster LLM inference without touching model weights. The math holds up — but the production story is messier than the papers admit.

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