Maintaining an Unchanged Batch in Continuous Batching
In the continuous batching process, the active batch's composition can remain static between iterations. This scenario occurs when no sequences have completed their generation and no new requests are being incorporated, leading the scheduler to proceed with the existing batch without modification.
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Ch.5 Inference - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models Course
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In a continuous batching system for a large language model, if the request queue is empty, the active batch of requests being processed will always remain unchanged in the next iteration.
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