Why DeepSeek‑V4 Took Twice as Long: Inside the Training‑Stability Challenges and Engineering Hacks
The DeepSeek‑V4 technical report reveals that the model’s doubled training time stems from massive token and parameter scaling, severe training‑stability issues in MoE layers, and a suite of engineering solutions—including Anticipatory Routing, SwiGLU Clamping, specialist expert training, and a custom sandbox cluster—while also exposing high hallucination rates despite impressive benchmark performance.
