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# Reference documentation

Deep dive into MaxText architecture, models, and core concepts.

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```{grid-item-card} 📊 Performance Metrics
:link: reference/performance_metrics
:link-type: doc

Understanding Model Flops Utilization (MFU), calculation methods, and why it matters for performance optimization.
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```{grid-item-card} 🤖 Models
:link: reference/models
:link-type: doc

Supported models and architectures, including Llama, Qwen, and Mixtral. Details on tiering and new additions.
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```{grid-item-card} 🏗️ Architecture
:link: reference/architecture
:link-type: doc

High-level overview of MaxText design, JAX/XLA choices, and how components interact.
```

```{grid-item-card} 💡 Core Concepts
:link: reference/core_concepts
:link-type: doc

Key concepts including checkpointing strategies, quantization, tiling, and Mixture of Experts (MoE) configuration.
```
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## 📚 API Reference

Find comprehensive API documentation for MaxText modules, classes, and functions in the [API Reference page](reference/api.rst).

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reference/performance_metrics
reference/models
reference/architecture
reference/core_concepts
reference/api.rst
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