The inference bottleneck turned out to be the network
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Z.ai
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Terms in this piece · Glossary
KV cache — The memory a model keeps about text it has already read, so generating each new token doesn't require reprocessing the whole conversation.
context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
Why it matters
Network topology, not GPU count, was the binding constraint on long-context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition → serving here, and the fix was architectural: same GPUs and software, measurably lower tail latency and capex.