Speculators: Standardized, production-ready speculative decoding

The blog post discusses the introduction of 'Speculators', a framework aimed at simplifying the implementation of speculative decoding in large language models (LLMs). It details how using a draft model to predict multiple tokens can lead to faster inference rates, showcasing significant performance improvements. The post highlights the standardization efforts of Speculators, making it easier to integrate various models and algorithms into production environments, such as those using the vLLM system.