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# core.solver.ServingModel { #mlsysim.core.solver.ServingModel }
```python
core.solver.ServingModel()
```
Analyzes the two-phase LLM serving lifecycle: Pre-fill vs. Decoding.
LLM inference is not a single mathematical operation; it is a stateful
process with two distinct physical regimes (Compute-bound Pre-fill and
Memory-bound Decoding).
Literature Source:
1. Pope et al. (2023), "Efficiently Scaling Transformer Inference."
2. Agrawal et al. (2024), "Sarathi-Serve" (chunked prefill scheduling).
3. Patel et al. (2024), "Splitwise" and Zhong et al. (2024),
"DistServe" (prefill/decode disaggregation).
## Methods
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [solve](#mlsysim.core.solver.ServingModel.solve) | Solves for LLM serving performance. |
### solve { #mlsysim.core.solver.ServingModel.solve }
```python
core.solver.ServingModel.solve(
model,
hardware,
seq_len,
batch_size=1,
precision='fp16',
efficiency=0.5,
decode_hardware=None,
network_bandwidth='100 GB/s',
draft_model=None,
draft_acceptance_rate=0.7,
cached_prefix_len=0,
prefill_chunk_tokens=None,
)
```
Solves for LLM serving performance.
#### Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| model | TransformerWorkload | The primary model to be served. | _required_ |
| hardware | HardwareNode | The serving node, or prefill node for disaggregated serving. | _required_ |
| seq_len | int | Sequence length / context window. | _required_ |
| batch_size | int | Batch size. | `1` |
| precision | str | Numerical precision. | `'fp16'` |
| efficiency | float | Compute efficiency. | `0.5` |
| decode_hardware | HardwareNode | Optional decode node for phase-split serving with KV-cache transfer. | `None` |
| network_bandwidth | Quantity | Bandwidth between prefill and decode nodes. | `100 GB/s` |
| draft_model | TransformerWorkload | Optional draft model for speculative decoding. | `None` |
| draft_acceptance_rate | float | Expected draft token acceptance rate. | `0.7` |
| cached_prefix_len | int | Prefix tokens already covered by prompt-cache KV entries. | `0` |
| prefill_chunk_tokens | int | Optional prefill chunk budget for estimating a decode-stall proxy. | `None` |
#### Returns
`ServingResult` with TTFT, ITL, KV-cache size, memory feasibility, prompt-cache
hit ratio, and optional chunked-prefill fields (`prefill_chunks`,
`prefill_chunk_time`, `decode_stall_bound`).