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Hugging Face Text Generation Inference available for AWS Inferentia2

Hugging Face just cut inference costs by shipping Text Generation Inference on AWS Inferentia2. Here's what that means for your LLM ops.

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Hugging Face expanded deployment options for its inference stack by integrating with AWS Inferentia2, enabling builders to run open-source models at lower cost on specialized AWS hardware. This matters to founders optimizing inference spend and enterprises evaluating deployment flexibility.

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5 to know
  1. Hugging Face Text Generation Inference now available on AWS Inferentia2

  2. Inferentia2 is AWS's custom silicon for inference workloads

  3. Enables cost-optimized inference for open-source LLMs

  4. Expands deployment options beyond NVIDIA GPUs

  5. Published February 1, 2024

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