Equation 3 · Part 1 · The Real Economics of Shipping a Model to a Device

Symbol C_distill

C_{\mathrm{distill}}

C_{\mathrm{distill}}

What this part means

the one-time training cost.

Its job in the formula

$C_d$ istill 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

Here $C_{\mathrm{distill}}$ is the one-time training cost, Q is the number of queries served over the deployment’s life, and $c_{\mathrm{student}}$ and $c_{\mathrm{teacher}}$ are the marginal cost per query of serving each model, wherever that serving happens.

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Here $C_{\mathrm{distill}}$ is the one-time training cost, Q is the number of queries served over the deployment’s life, and $c_{\mathrm{student}}$ and $c_{\mathrm{teacher}}$ are the marginal cost per query of serving each model, wherever that serving happens. The break-even query volume is

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