#deepseek

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01 ·Inference & Serving·★ MEMBER·PAPER·6 min read Paper Explained: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash — How Far Can KV Cache Compression Go? DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash shrinks its global KV cache to 890 bytes per token. We unpack the four ideas behind it (the CED layer split, cross-layer KV sharing in CSA2, FP4 caching, and SWA Bounded Replay) from first principles. 02 ·Model Families·FREE·9 min read The DeepSeek Family from Scratch — Breaking In with MoE and Distillation DeepSeek redrew the open-LLM map with four tools: MoE, MLA, GRPO, and distillation. Walk the V2/V3/R1 lineage from zero prerequisites, learn how to read that famous training-cost number, and find out what the distilled models are actually for. 03 ·Model Families·FREE·9 min read The DeepSeek Family from Scratch — Breaking In with MoE and Distillation DeepSeek redrew the open-LLM map with four tools: MoE, MLA, GRPO, and distillation. Walk the V2/V3/R1 lineage from zero prerequisites, learn how to read that famous training-cost number, and find out what the distilled models are actually for.