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DeepSeek releases open-source inference engine DeepInfer

DeepSeek open-sources DeepInfer DeepSeek pushed a new repository to GitHub named DeepInfer. The codebase contains the core runtime that loads and executes large language models.[^1] The commit history shows a clean sp…

The move arrives as the AI community wrestles with the cost of serving ever‑larger models. DeepSeek’s engine promises a leaner memory footprint than some proprietary alternatives, according to the README.[^4] The team…

Why open inference matters now Serving a 70‑billion‑parameter model can chew through dozens of GPUs in a data center. Companies that lock their runtimes behind commercial licenses force users to pay for both hardware …

The timing aligns with a wave of open‑source projects such as vLLM, FasterTransformer, and TensorRT‑LLM.[^8] Those projects have already lowered the barrier for startups to run LLMs at scale. DeepInfer adds another op…

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