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arxiv: 2606.20295 · v1 · pith:C2QIWUKHnew · submitted 2026-06-18 · 💻 cs.SE · cs.CL

Token-Operations-Oriented Inference Optimization Techniques for Large Models

Shiguo Lian , Kai Wang , Zhaoxiang Liu , Wen Liu , Minjie Hua , Yutong Liu , Jiangze Yan , Xin Wang
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Cong Wang Yilin Zhang Yi Shen Jieyun Huang Fang Zhao Huanlin Gao Ping Chen Xinyu Yang Kaikai Zhao Yao Zhao Xinggang Wang Huishuai Zhang Dongyan Zhao Junping Du Tao Chen Xiang Gao Qinghuai Ma
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keywords large model inferencetoken-oriented optimizationmulti-model fusioncompute-model fusioncompute-network-model fusioninference cost reductionservice stability
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The pith

Large-model inference optimization can be organized into a four-layer architecture of Multi-model Fusion, Model Optimization, Compute-Model Fusion, and Compute-Network-Model Fusion.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper centers on token-oriented techniques and introduces a four-layer technical architecture as the organizing structure for inference optimization in large models. It reviews key technologies and industry practices at each layer while examining their value for real business use. If correct, the structure supplies a practical route to lower token production costs, raise service efficiency, and maintain stable token supply so that large-model services become reliably operable rather than merely callable.

Core claim

Centered on token-oriented inference optimization technology, this paper proposes for the first time a four-layer technical architecture consisting of Multi-model Fusion, Model Optimization, Compute-Model Fusion, and Compute-Network-Model Fusion. It systematically reviews the key technologies and current industry status across these four levels and analyzes the application value of related technologies in real-world business scenarios.

What carries the argument

The four-layer technical architecture (Multi-model Fusion, Model Optimization, Compute-Model Fusion, Compute-Network-Model Fusion) that categorizes all token-oriented inference optimization techniques.

If this is right

  • Enables a systematic review of technologies at each of the four layers.
  • Supports analysis of how each layer contributes to cost reduction and stability in business settings.
  • Supplies a concrete path toward lower token production costs.
  • Leads to higher token service efficiency and more stable token supply.
  • Moves large-model services from callable to reliably operable.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same layering could be used to classify new techniques that appear after the paper's publication.
  • Industry groups might adopt the four layers as a shared vocabulary when comparing vendor offerings.
  • A follow-up mapping exercise could test whether every published optimization paper fits inside one layer.

Load-bearing premise

The four layers form a complete and non-overlapping way to group every relevant token-oriented optimization technique.

What would settle it

Discovery of a concrete optimization technique for token production that cannot be placed in any of the four layers without significant overlap or forcing.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.20295 by Cong Wang, Dongyan Zhao, Fang Zhao, Huanlin Gao, Huishuai Zhang, Jiangze Yan, Jieyun Huang, Junping Du, Kaikai Zhao, Kai Wang, Minjie Hua, Ping Chen, Qinghuai Ma, Shiguo Lian, Tao Chen, Wen Liu, Xiang Gao, Xinggang Wang, Xin Wang, Xinyu Yang, Yao Zhao, Yilin Zhang, Yi Shen, Yutong Liu, Zhaoxiang Liu.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Overview of large model inference optimization technologies. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Model capability boundary quantification workflow. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Industry progress and system architecture for model capability boundary quantification. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Cost-effective and high-performance routing. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Industry progress in intelligent routing. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Scenario-oriented objectives of model cascading. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Evolution of model cascading. Model cascading is one of the most systematically studied directions in large model cost optimization, having established a clear methodological genealogy since 2023, and gradually expanding to complex tasks involving agents, reasoning, and tool invocation. FrugalGPT is a foundational work in this direction. Chen, Zaharia, and Zou proposed the LLM Cascade concept in their pape… view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Three forms of model ensembling. Model ensembling refers to the MaaS platform’s parallel invocation of multiple candidate models for the same request, followed by evaluation, weighting, or generative merging of the candidate outputs by a sorter, aggregator, or fusion module. This ultimately produces a response that integrates the strengths of multiple models, reducing the variance and bias of any single mo… view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Three major industry approaches to model ensembling. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Optimization pathways for low-complexity attention mechanisms. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Industry progress in low-complexity attention mechanisms. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: MoE architecture optimization and inference runtime pipeline. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_12.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: Industry progress in MoE architecture optimization. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_13.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: Illustration of generation path optimization for diffusion models. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_14.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: Two complementary instances under the unified TC framework—ShortDF and TrajXfer. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_15.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: Trajectory Optimization Rules of TeaCache; adapted from Reference [64]. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_16.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 17. Figure 17: MeanCache Optimizes Generation Trajectories from the Perspective of Average Velocity. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_17.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: Industry development path of reasoning chain-of-thought optimization. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p021_18.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 19. Figure 19: Memory management architecture for LLM inference optimization. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p024_19.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 20. Figure 20: Collaborative mechanism between KV cache compression and context compression. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p025_20.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 21. Figure 21: Industry progress in KV cache compression. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_21.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 22. Figure 22: Technical architecture of LLM speculative decoding. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p028_22.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 23. Figure 23: Model quantization workflow and inference deployment pipeline. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p029_23.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 24. Figure 24: Industry progress in model quantization. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p030_24.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 25. Figure 25: Industry progress in model distillation. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p032_25.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 26. Figure 26: Diagram of the Transformer Attention subgraph fusion pattern, showing how nodes such as MatMul, Scale, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p035_26.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 27. Figure 27: The process of constructing an attention graph through the IAttention API to trigger MHA fusion; adapted [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p036_27.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 28. Figure 28: Schematic diagram of the PagedAttention algorithm; adapted from Reference [48]. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p037_28.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 29. Figure 29: Internal Structure Diagram of the TensorRT-LLM Inference Engine; adapted from Reference [173]. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p039_29.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 30. Figure 30: Schematic Diagram of the Technical Process for Model Architecture Adaptation. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p041_30.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 31. Figure 31: Differences in parallelism strategies between dense models and MoE models in SGLang; the figure on the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p042_31.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 32. Figure 32: Mooncake: a KV Cache-centric disaggregated architecture; adapted from Reference [163]. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p044_32.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 33. Figure 33: Technical architecture of MaaS sticky session routing. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p045_33.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 34. Figure 34: MaaS API gateway. The performance of semantic caching is typically measured by the following three key metrics: Hit Rate: In real-world business scenarios, due to the diversity of querying methods, semantic caching typically increases the effective hit rate by 3 to 5 times compared to traditional caching. Search Latency: It must be ensured that the time consumed by Embedding + Vector Search is significant… view at source ↗
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Figure 35. Figure 35: Sarathi-Serve advances dynamic batching into Prefill/Decode phase-aware hybrid batching; adapted from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p048_35.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 36. Figure 36: NIXL High-Performance Inference Data Movement Library Architecture: abstracting high-performance data [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p050_36.png] view at source ↗
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Large model inference optimization serves as a key foundation for supporting the scalable, low-cost, and highly stable operation of large model services. Centered on token-oriented inference optimization technology, this paper proposes for the first time a four-layer technical architecture consisting of Multi-model Fusion, Model Optimization, Compute-Model Fusion, and Compute-Network-Model Fusion. It systematically reviews the key technologies and current industry status across these four levels and analyzes the application value of related technologies in real-world business scenarios. This paper provides a practical technical path for reducing token production costs, improving token service efficiency, ensuring the stability of token supply, and driving the transition of large model services from being merely callable to being operable.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes for the first time a four-layer technical architecture for token-operations-oriented inference optimization in large models—Multi-model Fusion, Model Optimization, Compute-Model Fusion, and Compute-Network-Model Fusion—and systematically reviews key technologies and industry status across these layers while analyzing their value for reducing token production costs, improving efficiency, and ensuring stability in real-world business scenarios.

Significance. If the four-layer categorization is shown to be complete, non-overlapping, and superior to existing organizing principles, the work could provide a useful systematic framework for practitioners seeking to reduce costs and improve stability in large-model inference services.

major comments (1)
  1. Abstract (central claim): the manuscript asserts that the four-layer architecture is proposed 'for the first time' and provides a complete organizing principle, yet supplies no explicit assignment rules, coverage argument, or comparison to prior taxonomies; without these, it is impossible to verify whether techniques such as speculative decoding or continuous batching fall cleanly into one layer or span multiple layers, undermining the claim that the structure advances the stated goals of cost reduction and stability.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback on the central claim of the four-layer architecture. The comment correctly identifies areas where the manuscript can be strengthened to better support the novelty and utility of the proposed taxonomy. We will revise accordingly.

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  1. Referee: Abstract (central claim): the manuscript asserts that the four-layer architecture is proposed 'for the first time' and provides a complete organizing principle, yet supplies no explicit assignment rules, coverage argument, or comparison to prior taxonomies; without these, it is impossible to verify whether techniques such as speculative decoding or continuous batching fall cleanly into one layer or span multiple layers, undermining the claim that the structure advances the stated goals of cost reduction and stability.

    Authors: We agree that explicit assignment rules, a coverage argument, and comparisons to prior taxonomies are needed to substantiate the claim of a complete, non-overlapping organizing principle. The manuscript will be revised to include a new subsection (likely in Section 2 or as an expanded introduction) that: (1) defines assignment criteria based on the primary scope of optimization (e.g., Multi-model Fusion addresses cross-model coordination, Model Optimization targets intra-model improvements, Compute-Model Fusion integrates hardware scheduling with model execution, and Compute-Network-Model Fusion extends to distributed networking); (2) provides a mapping for representative techniques, placing speculative decoding under Model Optimization (as it primarily augments token generation at the model level) and continuous batching under Compute-Model Fusion (due to its dynamic scheduling of compute resources with model inference); and (3) compares the four-layer structure against existing taxonomies in the literature (e.g., those focused solely on model compression or system-level scheduling). This addition will clarify how the framework organizes techniques to achieve cost reduction and stability without claiming the layers are individually unprecedented. We maintain that the integrated four-layer view offers a novel practical lens for practitioners, but acknowledge the current presentation requires this elaboration to fully validate the central claim. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: survey paper with no derivations or fitted predictions

full rationale

The paper is a review and taxonomy proposal centered on a four-layer architecture for token-oriented inference optimization. It contains no equations, no parameter fitting, no predictions derived from data, and no self-citation chains that reduce a central claim to prior unverified work by the same authors. The categorization is presented as an organizing framework rather than a mathematical derivation, so no step reduces by construction to its inputs. This matches the default expectation for non-circular survey papers.

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The paper is a review proposing an organizing architecture over existing technologies; no free parameters, mathematical axioms, or new invented physical entities are introduced.

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