DeepSeek just open-sourced its inference engine
DeepSeek has open-sourced DeepInfer, a high-performance inference framework designed for large-scale production services. The release includes tools for offline inference and requires specific hardware configurations like NVIDIA CUDA or Ascend platforms.
Why it matters
The release of high-performance inference engines contributes to the democratization of large-scale AI deployment tools.
DeepInfer is the high-performance inference framework that powers DeepSeek's large-scale production services. This open-source release provides offline inference with the core features needed for serving at scale.
Required for a complete inference service (not included in this release):
Prerequisites Linux GCC >= 13.0 Python 3.12 CUDA 13 (NVIDIA only) CANN 9.2 (Ascend only) Build from source Before building DeepInfer, please create and activate an empty Python 3.12 environment.
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