# Continuous batching from first principles

DevFeed: [Continuous batching from first principles](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/continuous-batching-from-first-principles-7150.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/continuous_batching>)

Author: Rémi Ouazan Reboul; Arthur Zucker; Luc Georges

Published: 2025-11-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [pytorch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pytorch.md>), [transformers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transformers.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial deriving continuous batching for LLM inference from attention mechanisms and KV caching, with a focus on improving throughput for concurrent high-load serving.

## Source excerpt

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