Equation 3 · Part 2 · The Real Economics of Shipping a Model to a Device
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
Here is the one-time training cost, Q is the number of queries served over the deployment’s life, and and are the marginal cost per query of serving each model, wherever that serving happens. The break-even query volume is
Learn the underlying idea
A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [1] Alpaca: A Strong, Replicable Instruction-Following Model ↗
- [2] Sky-T1: Train your own O1 preview model within $450 ↗
- [5] DeepSeek-V3 Technical Report ↗
- [11] OpenAI's Sam Altman says giant A.I. models are over—but going small won't appease regulators ↗
- [3] Trends in the Dollar Training Cost of Machine Learning Systems ↗
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