honestly, my absolute favorite part of the Kimi K3 paper is the deep dive into hardcore systems engineering (compilers, kernels, and custom chip design)
Kimi K3:
✨ Built an end-to-end GPU compiler from scratch (MiniTriton) with custom MLIR optimization layers + PTX codegen that outperforms torch.compile & tracks cuBLAS
📉 Slashed AttnRes GPU kernel latency by >55% (283.6ms ➔ 114.4ms)
🛠️ Designed a full inference chip (nano-KPU) in a single 48-hour autonomous run -- closing timing at 100MHz with >8,700 tokens/s simulated decode throughput
an LLM capable of full-stack optimization from DSL frontend down to RTL and CUDA runtime is just... absolute madness 🫠
I spent an hour solving the fourth IMO problem last weekend. Then I checked Pramaana's performance - which formalized and solved it in half the time, machine-checkably correct. Not sure if I should be a proud founder or a sad mathematician 🥲