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PiKV: Efficient Key-Value Cache Management for Large Language Models
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- PyTorch: BSD-style license
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CUDA Kernel Implementation Notice:
The CUDA kernels in this project (core/cuda/pikv_kernels.cu) are optimized 
implementations for GPU acceleration and may require NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 
and compatible hardware for compilation and execution.

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Research Attribution:
If you use this software in academic research, please cite the relevant papers
and acknowledge the PiKV project contributors.