QUESTIONS FROM THE SYSTEM BOUNDARY INWARD

Start with purpose. End with evidence.

A baseline answer explains the purpose and contract. A systems answer explains mechanisms and trade-offs. A deep answer follows completion, failure, tuning, and proof. Filter the same architecture by audience and required depth.

01FoundationPurpose and boundaries

02SystemsMechanisms and trade-offs

03Deep diveCompletion, failure, tuning

AUDIENCE PATHS / SAME SYSTEM, DIFFERENT FIRST QUESTION

Choose the question that makes the system relevant.

The architecture does not change with the audience. The entry point, required evidence, and appropriate depth do.

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It gives inference systems one logical way to find, reuse, move, and durably protect expensive state across memory and storage tiers. The system is designed so client semantics stay stable while pods, fabrics, accelerators, and media scale independently.

RELATED DECISIONSADR-001 ADR-002