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vLLM, SGLang, and TensorRT-LLM all promise fast self-hosted inference, but they make different bets on KV cache management, structured output, and hardware lock-in. Here's what actually changes depending on your traffic pattern.
Structured outputs and strict tool use aren't prompting tricks. They mask invalid tokens at the decoding layer so malformed JSON becomes mechanically impossible, not just less likely.
Your phone's NPU isn't the reason local LLMs feel slow; the memory bus is. Here's why token generation is bandwidth-bound, and why quantization, KV-cache tricks, and unified memory are all attacks on the same wall.
Agent latency is usually a prompt-construction problem in disguise: prefix caching, continuous batching, and tool-call structure determine how much of your context gets reprocessed on every turn.
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