DeepSeek-V4 Series Preview: Million-Token Context MoE Models with 1.6T Parameters
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Summary
DeepSeek introduces the V4 series of Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language models, including DeepSeek-V4-Pro (1.6T parameters, 49B activated) and DeepSeek-V4-Flash (284B parameters, 13B activated), both supporting a one-million-token context length. The models feature architectural upgrades including a Hybrid Architecture (Hyb) and optimization improvements, presented as a preview version focused on efficient long-context intelligence.
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DeepSeek-V4 series incorporate several key upgrades in architecture and optimization.
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