Getting Started with LLM Inference Optimization: Best Resources
Last Updated on June 3, 2024 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Youssef Hosni
Originally published on Towards AI.

Combining layers in transformer models makes them bigger and better at understanding language tasks. But making these big models costs a lot to train and they need a lot of memory and computer power to use afterward.
The most popular Large Language Models (LLM) today such as ChatGpt have billions of settings and sometimes they have to handle long pieces of text, which makes them even more expensive to use.
For example, RAG pipelines require putting large amounts of information into the input of the model, greatly increasing the amount of processing work the LLM has to do.
In the article, you will be provided with a comprehensive list of resources to delve into the foremost challenges encountered in LLM inference and proffer practical solutions.
Understanding LLM Inference Optimization 1.1. Mastering LLM Techniques: Inference Optimization by Nvidia1.2. LLM Inference by DatabricksDeep Understanding of LLM Inference Optimization 2.1. Deep Dive: Optimizing LLM inferenceLLM Inference by Hugging Face3.1. GPU Inference by Hugging Face3.2. Optimizing LLMs for Speed and Memory by Hugging Face3.3. Assisted Generation by Hugging FaceLLM Inference Optimization Libraries & Tools4.1. LLMs at Scale: Comparing Top Inference Optimization Libraries4.2. Large language model inference optimizations on AMD GPUs4.3. Accelerate Large Language Model (LLM) Inference on Your… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
Join thousands of data leaders on the AI newsletter. Join over 80,000 subscribers and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI. From research to projects and ideas. If you are building an AI startup, an AI-related product, or a service, we invite you to consider becoming a sponsor.
Published via Towards AI
Towards AI Academy
We Build Enterprise-Grade AI. We'll Teach You to Master It Too.
15 engineers. 100,000+ students. Towards AI Academy teaches what actually survives production.
Start free — no commitment:
→ 6-Day Agentic AI Engineering Email Guide — one practical lesson per day
→ Agents Architecture Cheatsheet — 3 years of architecture decisions in 6 pages
Our courses:
→ AI Engineering Certification — 90+ lessons from project selection to deployed product. The most comprehensive practical LLM course out there.
→ Agent Engineering Course — Hands on with production agent architectures, memory, routing, and eval frameworks — built from real enterprise engagements.
→ AI for Work — Understand, evaluate, and apply AI for complex work tasks.
Note: Article content contains the views of the contributing authors and not Towards AI.