Next-Gen LLM Infrastructure: Multi-Head Latent Attention, Speculative Decoding, and FP8 serving in 2026
A deep-tech analysis of next-generation LLM serving breakthroughs in 2026. Compare Multi-Head Latent Attention (MLA) against standard GQA, analyze weight absorption mechanics, evaluate draft-head and native MTP speculative decoding, and deploy a high-throughput, FP8-optimized SGLang serving cluster.