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Mar 27, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

vLLM’s Four Major 2026 Updates: Semantic Router Athena, Nemotron 3 Super, P‑EAGLE, and Model Runner V2

The March 2026 vLLM release bundle introduces four substantial upgrades—Semantic Router v0.2 Athena, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super, the parallel speculative decoding P‑EAGLE, and a completely re‑architected Model Runner V2—each backed by concrete benchmarks, architectural diagrams, and code examples that demonstrate how the engine evolves from a pure inference engine to a full‑stack AI serving platform.