alt Hacker NewsMTP requires a separate KV cache, so there is more memory overhead than just the weights of the MTP model, but it's a manageable amount.
MTP requires a separate KV cache, so there is more memory overhead than just the weights of the MTP model, but it's a manageable amount.
From the linked post, it didn't read like a separate KV cache was needed:
> The draft models seamlessly utilize the target model's activations and share its KV cache, meaning they don't have to waste time recalculating context the larger model has already figured out.