Why DeepSeek’s Cache Costs Jumped 11‑Fold: Long‑Context Surge and the New “Storage Tax”

DeepSeek raised its cache‑hit price up to 11 times as exploding long‑context demand forces a shift to tiered KV storage, exposing hidden storage, I/O and scheduling costs that turn GPU compute into costly data‑movement, prompting developers to rethink cache strategies.

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Why DeepSeek’s Cache Costs Jumped 11‑Fold: Long‑Context Surge and the New “Storage Tax”