docs(kvc): add TPOT probability density figure (KVC v2 vs 4DP)

Mirrors the TTFT PDF figure style. Inserted into V2_DEEP_ANALYSIS as a
new §3.5 immediately following §3.4 (TTFT PDF).

The figure preempts a likely reviewer challenge: "Is KVC's TTFT win
bought by sacrificing decode throughput (TPOT)?". The empirical answer
is no -- two KDE curves overlap visually almost perfectly.

Measured TPOT deltas (KVC v2 vs DP 4w, n>=4382 each):
  mean: +0.019 ms  (+0.34%)
  p50:  +0.035 ms  (+0.63%)
  p90:  -0.050 ms  (-0.75%, slight KVC advantage)
  p99:  +0.026 ms  (+0.34%)

The only visible difference is in max-of-distribution:
  KVC max = 11.32 ms  vs  DP max = 9.53 ms
(plausibly cold-start jitter on the first decode step after a reseed;
affects <= 0.1% of requests)

Two-panel figure mirroring the TTFT PDF style:
  left  panel: linear x in [3.5, 9.0] ms -- body
  right panel: log x in [1, 20] ms -- full range with tail

Each panel annotates the percentile gaps with bbox callouts so the
reader's takeaway is "they overlap" not "is there a difference".

Paper purpose: cited from V2_DEEP_ANALYSIS §3.5 as the supporting
evidence that the path-level latency win in §3.2 is concentrated in
the TTFT segment, not in decode. This is what makes the win a real
end-to-end win, not a measurement artifact.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -239,6 +239,34 @@ v2 整体跑得快不仅因为 "KVC 机制好",更因为 **91.6% 请求被路
绘图脚本:`scripts/analysis/plot_ttft_pdf.py`(用 `scipy.stats.gaussian_kde`body 用 Scott bandwidth 0.15full range 用 log10 域 KDE
### 3.5 TPOT 概率密度对比KVC 不牺牲 decode 速度
为防止 reviewer 质疑"KVC 的 TTFT 优势是否以牺牲 decode 速度TPOT换来的",我们对 token 间延迟也做了概率密度对比:
![TPOT probability density: KVC v2 vs 4-way DP](figures/tpot_pdf_comparison.png)
实测 TPOT 分位数:
| 指标 | KVC v2 | DP 4w | Δ |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| min | 4.432ms | 4.420ms | +0.012ms |
| p50 | 5.561ms | 5.525ms | **+0.035ms (+0.6%)** |
| p90 | 6.644ms | 6.694ms | **0.050ms (0.7%)** |
| p99 | 7.568ms | 7.543ms | +0.026ms |
| mean | 5.680ms | 5.661ms | **+0.019ms (+0.34%)** |
| std | 0.711ms | 0.720ms | 0.009ms |
| max | 11.315ms | 9.531ms | +1.78ms |
**核心事实**在主体分布p99 以下,覆盖 99% 请求)上,**KVC 与 DP 的 TPOT 差异在 0.05ms 以内(< 1%**。两条 KDE 曲线视觉上几乎完全重合左面板)。这是预期行为——decode 阶段在同样模型 (Qwen3-30B-A3B) 和同样 GPU (H100) per-token 延迟由硬件 + 模型架构决定与路由策略无关
**唯一可见差异在 max 处**KVC 11.3ms vs DP 9.5ms**KVC 尾部多了 ~1.8ms outlier**。来源推测reseed 后的 cold start decodeKV 刚到 D warm-up 的第一个 decode step 略慢于 steady state)。这影响 0.1% 的请求可忽略
**论文意义(重要)**这张图防的是 reviewer "KVC 是不是用 decode 慢换 TTFT "质疑答案是**没有**——KVC 的胜利**完全发生在 prefill 路径**直接 append-prefill in D, vs DP 的全 prefill on workerdecode 路径两边都是直接 batched generation速度相同
**对照 §3.2 path-level latency**那张图的"Lat p50"列里 KVC fast path 0.55s vs DP 0.67s 的差距**几乎全部来自 TTFT **KVC 41ms vs DP 92ms = 51msdecode 段双方都消耗 mean output_tokens × TPOT 227 × 5.7ms 1.3s一致)。这一致性是 TPOT 图的直接体现
绘图脚本`scripts/analysis/plot_tpot_pdf.py` `scipy.stats.gaussian_kde`body bandwidth 0.15full range log10 KDE)。
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## 4. 需要诚实交代的 caveats不是 KVC 的设计缺陷)

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