Introduction to LLM
This page provides an easy-to-understand guide on LLMs (Large Language Models) from basics to applications for AI enthusiasts.
Chapter 10 — The LLM Engine Layer
Tenth post of the LLM Primer VI walkthrough. vLLM as the safe default, TensorRT-LLM for peak NVIDIA-only throughput, SGLang for structured and agentic outputs, and TGI/Ollama for the rest.
2026-05-02
Chapter 5 — Demystifying Quantization
Fifth post of the LLM Primer VI walkthrough. From BF16 to INT4 to Blackwell FP4 — quantization algorithms (AWQ, GPTQ, GGUF, SmoothQuant), NVIDIA ModelOpt, and when quantization is safe versus lossy.
2026-04-27
LLM Primer VI — Series Introduction & Index
Kicking off the chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of Book VI in the LLM Primer series — Scaling AI Systems. Why inference is the discipline that decides whether an LLM app survives real users, and the schedule for the sixteen posts that follow, April 23 through May 8.
2026-04-22