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flashinfer 在英语中的标准读法是 「flash in fur」(/ˈflæʃˌɪnfɜːr/)。
Portmanteau of flash + inference; a high-performance GPU kernel/attention library for LLM serving (MLSys 2025, arXiv 2501.01005), a default backend in vLLM/SGLang/TensorRT-LLM. The infer element is from inference and is said like the verb infer (in-FUR), not in-fur as guessed from spelling. STRESS: primary on first syllable, FLASH-in-fur. No creator-quoted pronunciation found, so community-consensus.
来源:FlashInfer GitHub repository (flashinfer-ai/flashinfer)
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