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Insights into DeepSeek-V3: Scaling Challenges and Reflections on Hardware for AI Architectures research paper by DeepSeek, 2025

DeepSeek · May 14, 2025 · Inference and efficiency · 107 citations · 77 upvotes · unverified

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DeepSeek-V3 addresses hardware limitations through MLA, MoE, FP8 training, and Multi-Plane Network Topology, enabling efficient large-scale LLM training and inference.

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About this paper
Authors
Chenggang Zhao, Chengqi Deng, Chong Ruan and 12 more
arXiv
2505.09343 · PDF
Venue
International Symposium on Computer Architecture
Citations
107, 11 influential · Semantic Scholar
Upvotes
77 · Hugging Face
Lab
DeepSeek · on Companies

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Influential citationsfirst count: 11Sep 25, 2026
Citationsfirst count: 107Sep 25, 2026
New paperFound by the weekly scan, unverifiedSep 25, 2026

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