Final Section

FINAL SECTION: Can I Start AI HLD Now?

Use this checklist to test if you are ready to participate in architectural discussions.

🟢 Understand | 🟡 Review | 🔴 Don't understand

• [ ] Can I explain what an embedding is?
• [ ] Can I explain why attention exists?
• [ ] Can I explain MHA without equations?
• [ ] Can I explain why KV cache consumes GPU memory?
• [ ] Can I explain prefill vs decode?
• [ ] Can I explain why continuous batching helps?
• [ ] Can I explain why quantization helps serving?
• [ ] Can I explain the basic architecture of RAG?
• [ ] Can I explain an agent loop?
• [ ] Can I explain latency vs throughput in LLM serving?

If you can answer "Yes" to these intuitively, you have the conceptual foundation for AI High-Level Design.