> ## Documentation Index
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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 /responses
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).

    Use the **request example** selector to switch use cases (JSON, NER, PII,
    etc.).

    Authentication: `x-api-key` (required) and `x-project-id` (optional).
servers:
  - url: https://api.zerogpu.ai/v1
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKey: []
paths:
  /responses:
    post:
      tags:
        - llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
      summary: 'llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast: Responses'
      operationId: createResponse_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/CreateResponseRequest'
                - 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:
                  input: >-
                    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.
                  model: llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
              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
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
components:
  schemas:
    CreateResponseRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - model
        - input
      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.
        input:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          format: textarea
          maxLength: 131072
          description: Multi-line text or document content to send to the model.
    Response:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key

````