Explainers

Two acts · 17 chapters · 7–8 minutes

Inside the Machine

How a prompt becomes tokens.

A question leaves your screen. Somewhere, a room full of machines turns it into an answer. Follow the journey from a data center aisle to the arithmetic inside a chip.

Act I / The machineBefore you press enter.

Power, memory, and a model already waiting.

Act II / Your requestOne question. Many chips.

Read the prompt, choose experts, stream an answer.

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Inside the Machine / Field notes

How a prompt becomes tokens.

One worked example, not a universal deployment: Kimi K3 on a GB300 NVL72 rack. Geometry and timing are illustrative; estimates carry ≈.