←Back to NewsAI News/ReasoningpaperReasoningInfraPrefix Sliding Cuts Reasoning AI Memory Costs With a 3x SpeedupA new method throws away most of a model's own reasoning trace mid-thought, cutting memory to a fixed cap and running inference 3x faster.SourceAlphaSignalPublishedAug 26, 2026, 5:37 PMAuthorAlphaSignal NewsroomRead1 min readA new method throws away most of a model's own reasoning trace mid-thought, cutting memory to a fixed cap and running inference 3x faster.Reporting is indexed from AlphaSignal. Rights remain with the original publisher and cited sources.Read original report ↗Next readsEpoch AI · newsGPT-6 Astra Cracks a Decade-Old Voting Theory Problem Nobody Could SolveAlphaSignal · repoTamara Tran's fast-jev-compaction Stops Claude Code From Forgetting Critical Tool OutputSakana AI · newsSakana AI Bets Against Transformers With Its Frontier Intelligence Group