This article is divided into four parts; they are: • The Problem with Static Batching • Code Example of Static Batching • Continuous Batching: Dynamic Scheduling and Ragged Batching • Full Implementation The simplest way to serve multiple requests together is to use static batching, by grouping them into fixed-size batches and processing each batch together.
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