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# llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast

> Model details for llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast.

> Meta's Llama 3.1 Instruct, tuned for fast, low-cost summarization at scale on the ZeroGPU edge network. Its 128K-token context window takes in entire documents, long transcripts, and full email or chat threads in a single pass. No chunking, no stitching partial summaries back together. Built for the high-volume summarization that runs around your core product: condensing long reports and transcripts, summarizing email and chat threads, and processing articles in bulk. When context length matters and you're summarizing on every request, this is the model that keeps it fast and affordable.

**References:** [Model docs](https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-models/tree/main/models/llama3_1) • [Terms](https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-models/blob/main/models/llama3_1/LICENSE) • [Privacy](https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-models/blob/main/models/llama3_1/USE_POLICY.md)


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi/playgrounds/llama-3_1-8b-instruct-fast.openapi.json POST /chat/completions
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast playground
  version: '1.0'
  description: >-
    Interactive playground for **llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast**.

    Model is always `llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast` on this page (shown in the
    form, not editable).

    This model uses the **Chat Completions** route (`POST
    /v1/chat/completions`); it does not support `/v1/responses`.

    Authentication: `x-api-key` (required) and `x-project-id` (optional).
servers:
  - url: https://api.zerogpu.ai/v1
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKey: []
paths:
  /chat/completions:
    post:
      tags:
        - llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
      summary: 'llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast: Chat completions'
      operationId: createChatCompletion_llama-3_1-8b-instruct-fast
      parameters:
        - name: x-project-id
          in: header
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Optional project identifier. Scopes the request to a specific
            project when provided.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateChatCompletionRequest'
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    model:
                      type: string
                      const: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
                      default: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
                      example: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
                      description: >-
                        Model identifier (fixed for this playground). Use
                        request examples to change use cases.
            examples:
              default:
                summary: Default
                value:
                  model: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
                  messages:
                    - role: user
                      content: >-
                        The global semiconductor industry is undergoing one of
                        its most significant structural shifts in decades,
                        driven by a combination of geopolitical tensions,
                        surging demand from artificial intelligence workloads,
                        and a wave of government-backed industrial policy across
                        the United States, Europe, and Asia. At the center of
                        this transformation is a race to onshore chip
                        manufacturing capacity that had, for thirty years, been
                        quietly concentrated in Taiwan and South Korea. The
                        United States CHIPS and Science Act, signed into law in
                        2022, allocated over $52 billion in subsidies to
                        incentivize domestic semiconductor fabrication. Since
                        then, companies including TSMC, Intel, Samsung, and
                        Micron have announced or broken ground on new fabs in
                        Arizona, Ohio, Texas, and Idaho. However, construction
                        timelines have slipped, costs have ballooned, and a
                        shortage of skilled workers has prompted some
                        manufacturers to bring in engineers from overseas, a
                        move that has drawn political scrutiny even as it
                        addresses a genuine talent gap. Meanwhile, the explosion
                        of AI model training and inference has fundamentally
                        altered the demand profile for chips. Graphics
                        processing units originally designed for gaming,
                        particularly those made by NVIDIA, have become the
                        primary compute substrate for large language models.
                        NVIDIA's H100 and successor Blackwell-series GPUs now
                        trade at significant premiums on secondary markets, with
                        some hyperscalers reporting lead times of over a year
                        for large cluster orders. This bottleneck has
                        accelerated investment in custom silicon: Google's
                        Tensor Processing Units, Amazon's Trainium and
                        Inferentia chips, and Meta's MTIA accelerators are all
                        attempts to reduce dependence on third-party GPU supply
                        chains. On the geopolitical front, the United States has
                        progressively tightened export controls on advanced
                        chips and chip-making equipment destined for China, with
                        the most recent rules targeting gate-all-around
                        transistor technology and high-bandwidth memory. China,
                        in response, has dramatically increased state investment
                        in its domestic semiconductor ecosystem, with companies
                        like SMIC and Huawei making incremental but closely
                        watched progress at advanced nodes. Analysts remain
                        divided on how quickly China can close the gap, with
                        estimates ranging from five to fifteen years depending
                        on assumptions about technology transfer, equipment
                        access, and the pace of indigenous innovation. The
                        equipment layer, often overlooked in public discourse,
                        may prove to be the most consequential chokepoint. ASML,
                        the Dutch company that holds a near-monopoly on extreme
                        ultraviolet lithography machines, has become a focal
                        point of both trade diplomacy and industrial strategy.
                        Without EUV tools, fabricating chips below 7 nanometers
                        at scale is effectively impossible, giving ASML and its
                        supply chain extraordinary leverage in a world where
                        nations are suddenly treating semiconductor access as a
                        matter of national security.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatCompletionResponse'
              examples:
                default:
                  summary: Default
                  value: >-
                    The global semiconductor industry is undergoing a
                    significant transformation driven by geopolitical tensions,
                    surging demand from artificial intelligence workloads, and
                    government-backed industrial policies. A race to onshore
                    chip manufacturing capacity is underway, with the US,
                    Europe, and Asia investing heavily in domestic fabrication,
                    while companies like TSMC, Intel, and Samsung are building
                    new fabs in the US. However, construction timelines have
                    slipped, costs have increased, and a shortage of skilled
                    workers has prompted some manufacturers to bring in overseas
                    engineers. The demand for chips has also changed, with AI
                    model training and inference driving a shortage of graphics
                    processing units, particularly those made by NVIDIA. In
                    response, companies like Google, Amazon, and Meta are
                    investing in custom silicon to reduce dependence on
                    third-party supply chains. The US has tightened export
                    controls on advanced chips and equipment destined for China,
                    which has responded with increased state investment in its
                    domestic semiconductor ecosystem. The equipment layer,
                    particularly ASML's near-monopoly on extreme ultraviolet
                    lithography machines, may prove to be the most consequential
                    chokepoint in the industry.
        '400':
          description: Bad request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '420':
          description: Insufficient quota
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
components:
  schemas:
    CreateChatCompletionRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - model
        - messages
      properties:
        model:
          type: string
          const: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
          default: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
          example: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
          description: >-
            Model identifier (fixed for this playground). Use request examples
            to change use cases.
        messages:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChatMessage'
    ChatCompletionResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
    ChatMessage:
      type: object
      required:
        - role
        - content
      properties:
        role:
          type: string
          enum:
            - system
            - user
            - assistant
        content:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          format: textarea
          maxLength: 131072
          description: Message text.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key

````