Equation 6 · Part 1 · The Physical Economics of Inference: Bandwidth, Energy, and the Limits of a Datacenter
Symbol s
What this part means
therefore approximately.
Its job in the formula
s is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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Where the article explains it
Total bytes moved per step across a batch of b requests at sequence length s is therefore approximately
The passage around this formula
read in full every step for every active request. Total bytes moved per step across a batch of b requests at sequence length s is therefore approximately
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A variable is a named place for a value. Its letter is a local label: x can mean position in one formula and a data point in another.
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