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Topology-aware scheduling: where 20% NCCL gains actually come from

Everyone quotes the headline number; few explain the mechanism. We walk through how fabric topology files reach Slurm, what "closest nodes" means on a fat-tree, and when the gains disappear — with measurements from our own pods.

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Engineering

Engineering

What 20 kW racks change about cooling design

Air has limits. How containment, in-row cooling and floor layout shift when rack density quadruples.

July 2026 · 9 min read Read more →
Engineering

InfiniBand vs Ethernet for LLM training: what we measured

All-reduce latency, tail behavior and cost per GPU-hour on both fabrics — numbers from production pods.

June 2026 · 12 min read Read more →
Engineering

Checkpointing strategies for week-long training runs

How often to checkpoint, where to put them, and how to resume in minutes when a node dies at 3 AM.

May 2026 · 8 min read Read more →

Tutorials

Tutorial

Your first training job on Infraeon: a 15-minute quickstart

From credentials to a running Slurm job — images, storage mounts and the three mistakes everyone makes first.

July 2026 · 10 min read Read more →
Tutorial

RAG on Token Factory: from production logs to grounded answers

Embedding endpoints, managed vector storage and a working retrieval loop in an afternoon.

June 2026 · 14 min read Read more →
Tutorial

Serving a fine-tuned model on a dedicated endpoint

Package your checkpoint, pick a GPU, set rate limits — and keep the per-token bill predictable.

May 2026 · 11 min read Read more →

Product & company

Product

How per-token pricing actually works on Token Factory

Input vs output tokens, shared vs dedicated tiers, and why most teams overestimate their serving costs.

July 2026 · 6 min read Read more →
Company

Why we built Infraeon in Bangkok

Latency maps, cable landings, energy and talent — the four reasons this city wins for AI infrastructure in SEA.

April 2026 · 7 min read Read more →

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