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M35.4 CONNECT THE MECHANISM

Trace DeepSeek-V3 from sparse architecture to distributed serving

"A frontier model for $5.6 million": the headline came from one table in DeepSeek-V3's report. Rebuild it from 6ND, see what it leaves out, and find where the savings really came from.

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Lesson overview

"A frontier model for $5.6 million": the headline came from one table in DeepSeek-V3's report. Rebuild it from 6ND, see what it leaves out, and find where the savings really came from.

What you’ll explore

  • DeepSeek-V3 is a documented sparse-transformer case combining MLA, routed and shared experts, multi-token training, load balancing, mixed precision, and specialized distributed execution.
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Original explanations, connected to the research.

DeepSeek-V3 report v2DeepSeek-V3 official repository
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