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a mobile phone's screen showing the logo of Chinese AI MiniMax in Beijing on January 21, 2026. WANG Zhao/Getty Images Shanghai-based MiniMax launched its M3 foundation model on Monday, June 1, 2026, ...

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Abstract: We consider the problem of massive matrix multiplication, which underlies many data analytic applications, in a large-scale distributed system comprising a group of worker nodes. We target ...

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Abstract: Matrix multiplication is a fundamental computational operation widely used in various engineering applications. To accelerate large-scale matrix multiplication, computing tasks are commonly ...