The honest accounting on Mixture of Experts: why every frontier model in 2026 is sparse, what the "X total / Y active" parameter math actually buys you, the routing problems the marketing skips, and the all-to-all communication tax that decides whether a MoE model ships or stalls.
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Mixture of Experts, Honestly: Why Every Frontier Model Went Sparse and What It Actually Costs