Cut LLM Costs by 500× with Knowledge Distillation – A Step‑by‑Step Guide for Every Company
The article explains why large language model (LLM) inference is prohibitively expensive, outlines the three main drawbacks—high API cost, latency, and hardware requirements—and shows how knowledge distillation can reduce these costs by up to 500×, providing a detailed 7‑step workflow, white‑box vs black‑box methods, code examples, and compliance considerations.
