Inference System Design Trade-offs
Based on the fundamental differences between pre-training and inference workloads, analyze the primary performance issue the startup is likely to encounter with the engineering lead's proposed plan. Explain the underlying cause of this issue.
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Inference System Design Trade-offs
A team is adapting a parallelization strategy from a model's pre-training phase to its real-time inference deployment. Match each operational challenge they are likely to encounter during inference with its primary cause, which stems from the dynamic nature of the workload.