Backwards Pass

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Balaban: Backwards pass accounts for two-thirds or more of training compute
“Generally speaking, when you're doing a training run, you might think that you might be some sort of split between the backwards pass and the forward pass on the model. And the backwards pass might be, let's say, two thirds or more of the compute and the forwa…”
Stephen Balaban Jun 18, 2026 ▶ 21:49 The GPU Myth: State of AI Compute 2026 | Stephen Balaban

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