Tinker(@tinkerapi):Our friends + occasional antagonists at @SemiAnalysis_ published a great writeup on RL training efficiency: treat the system as a queue and keep generator and trainer throughput matched. Also includes an analysis of Tinker's cost-efficiency and many OSS RL frameworks!

2026.06.16 19:42

Our friends + occasional antagonists at @SemiAnalysis_ published a great writeup on RL training efficiency: treat the system as a queue and keep generator and trainer throughput matched. Also includes an analysis of Tinker's cost-efficiency and many OSS RL frameworks!

SemiAnalysis@SemiAnalysis_

2026.06.16 17:48

RL Systems Mind the Gap: Matching Trainer and Generator Throughput RL Training Infrastructure, GRPO, PipelineRL, Async RL, Policy Staleness, RL Sandbox Infra, CPU Requirements, TCO Analysis, Thinking Machines Tinker