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Catalog record / 8 Jan 2026
A broader map of the LLM inference memory problem
A survey and research agenda for inference hardware that situates emerging memory tiers, including HBF, inside the wider model-serving bottleneck.
Why it matters
It provides neutral system context for deciding where HBF might help and where compute, networking, or software remains the real constraint.
Exact source title
Challenges and Research Directions for Large Language Model Inference Hardware
Authors
Xiaoyu Ma, David Patterson
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Reading rule
This record preserves the source's maturity label. A roadmap, research result, or announced specification should not be treated as independent evidence of shipping hardware.