vLLM for beginners: Key Features & Performance Optimization(PartII)

Intro In Part 1 of our vLLM for beginners Series, we covered the fundamentals—core concepts and terminology behind vLLM’s architecture. In Part 2, we go deeper into what makes vLLM excel at performance: features like PagedAttention, attention backends, prefill & decode management, and more. 💡This series is about building a strong foundation in vLLM—understanding how …

kv_cache Explained: How It Enhances vLLM Inference

Intro Too often, machine learning concepts are explained like a mathematician talking to other mathematicians—leaving the rest of us scratching our heads. One of those is kv_cache, a key technique that makes large language models run faster and more efficient.This blog is my attempt to break it down simply, without drowning in dark math :). …