How do we deploy transformer models effectively?

Fine-tuning transformers is standard practice now.
Jacob Devlin

How It Works:

Serve optimized transformer checkpoints via model servers (like Triton), apply distillation or quantization for production, and autoscale inference clusters.

Key Benefits:

  • Enterprise-grade throughput
  • Reduced memory footprint
  • Consistent latency under load

Real-World Use Cases:

  • Chat APIs with GPT-style models
  • Document indexing with BERT embeddings

FAQs

What is model distillation?
How monitor GPU memory?