diff --git a/server/deepsparse/router.py b/server/deepsparse/router.py
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+++ b/server/deepsparse/router.py
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+from queue import Queue
+from typing import List, Dict, Optional, Tuple
+from server.deepsparse.service.service import DeepSparseService
+from server.deepsparse.utils import CachedBatch, Batch, Generation, GenerateRequest, Request
+
+# TODO: implement logic for maximum size of the queue based on memory usage
+class DeepSparseQueue:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.next_request_id: int = 0
+        self.next_batch_id: int = 0
+        self.queue: Queue[GenerateRequest] = Queue()
+
+    def append(self, generate_request: GenerateRequest):
+        self.queue.put(generate_request)
+
+    # TODO: enable multiple prefill requests in a batch
+    def next_batch(self, block=False) -> Optional[Tuple[Batch, Dict[int, GenerateRequest]]]:
+                
+        # if not blocking, return none if empty
+        if not block and self.queue.empty():
+            return None
+        
+        # if block = True, this blocks until something ready
+        # if block = False, the queue has data (if not an exception is raised)
+        #       while queue.empty() == False does not guarentee data
+        #       the queue is only subscribed to by one thread (this one)
+        #       since batching_task is the only function that calls next_batch
+        generate_request = self.queue.get(block=block)
+        generate_requests = {self.next_request_id: generate_request}
+
+        # format into request
+        request = Request(
+            id=self.next_request_id,
+            prompt=generate_request.prompt,
+            max_generated_tokens=generate_request.max_generated_tokens
+        )
+        self.next_request_id += 1
+        
+        # format into batch
+        batch = Batch(
+            id = self.next_batch_id,
+            requests=[request]
+        )
+        self.next_batch_id += 1
+
+        # return batch, generate_requests
+        return (batch, generate_requests)
+
+class DeepSparseRouter:
+    def __init__(self, service: DeepSparseService):
+        self.service: DeepSparseService = service
+        self.queue: DeepSparseQueue = DeepSparseQueue()
+
+    def generate(self, generate_request: GenerateRequest):
+        self.queue.append(generate_request)
+
+    def prefill(
+        self, 
+        batch: Batch, 
+        generate_requests: Dict[int, GenerateRequest]
+    ) -> Optional[CachedBatch]:
+        
+        generation, next_batch = self.service.Prefill(batch=batch)
+        active_generate_request_ids = self.filter_send_generations([generation], generate_requests)
+        return self.filter_batch(batch=next_batch, active_generate_request_ids=active_generate_request_ids)
+
+    def decode(
+        self,
+        batches: List[CachedBatch],
+        generate_requests: Dict[int,GenerateRequest]
+    ) -> Optional[CachedBatch]:
+
+        generations, next_batch = self.service.Decode(batches=batches)
+        active_generate_request_ids = self.filter_send_generations(generations, generate_requests)
+        return self.filter_batch(batch=next_batch, active_generate_request_ids=active_generate_request_ids)
+    
+    def filter_send_generations(
+        self, 
+        generations: List[Generation],
+        generate_requests: Dict[int, GenerateRequest]
+    ) -> List[int]:
+        
+        active_request_ids = []
+        for generation in generations:
+            # send generation to the response stream
+            generate_requests[generation.request_id].response_stream.put(generation)
+
+            # remove request from active requests if stopped
+            if generation.stopped:
+                generate_requests.pop(generation.request_id)
+            else:
+                active_request_ids.append(generation.request_id)
+        
+        return active_request_ids
+
+    def filter_batch(
+        self,
+        batch: Optional[CachedBatch],
+        active_generate_request_ids: List[int]
+    ) -> Optional[CachedBatch]:
+        
+        # if batch done OR nothing to filter
+        if batch is None or len(batch) == len(active_generate_request_ids):
+            return batch
+
+        # active request_ids
+        batch.request_ids = active_generate_request_ids
+
+        # if all requests complete, clear cache
+        if len(batch) == 0:
+            self.service.ClearCache()
+            return None
+
+        return self.service.FilterBatch(batch_id=batch.batch_id, request_ids=batch.request_ids)
+
+
+# TODO: update to do more sophisticated logic as to when to do a prefill
+def batching_task(router: DeepSparseRouter):
+    while True:
+        # loop until no requests to process (note: this blocks if queue is empty)
+        next_batch = router.queue.next_batch(block=True)
+        while next_batch is not None:
+            batch, generate_requests = next_batch
+            
+            # HACK for development --- breaks out of the cycle
+            if batch.requests[0].prompt == "stop":
+                return
+            
+            # run prefill
+            cached_batch = router.prefill(
+                batch=batch, 
+                generate_requests=generate_requests
+            )
+            
+            # loop until we do not reiceve any cached batch from the service 
+            #   == until all active requests have met their stopping criteria
+            while cached_batch is not None:
+                batches = [cached_batch]
+                
+                # try to get a new batch and run prefill on this batch
+                next_batch = router.queue.next_batch(block=False)
+                
+                if next_batch is not None:
+                    new_batch, new_generate_requests = next_batch
+                    new_cached_batch = router.prefill(
+                        batch=new_batch,
+                        generate_requests=new_generate_requests
+                    )
+
+                    if new_cached_batch is not None:
+                        batches.append(new_cached_batch)
+                        assert len(generate_requests.keys() & new_generate_requests.keys()) == 0
+                        generate_requests.update(new_generate_requests)
+
+                # run decode
+                cached_batch = router.decode(
+                    batches=batches,
+                    generate_requests=generate_requests
+                )
+
+            next_batch = router.queue.next_batch(block=False)            
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diff --git a/server/deepsparse/server.py b/server/deepsparse/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/server/deepsparse/service/causal_lm.py b/server/deepsparse/service/causal_lm.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e5cde2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/deepsparse/service/causal_lm.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import List, Dict, Optional
+from transformers import AutoTokenizer, PreTrainedTokenizerBase
+import numpy as np
+
+from server.deepsparse.service.model import DeepSparsePastKeyValues, DeepSparseDecoderModel
+from server.deepsparse.utils import Request, Batch, CachedBatch, Generation
+
+DEEPSPARSE_SEQUENCE_LENGTH = 128
+DEEPSPARSE_MULTITOKEN_LENGTH = 4
+
+@dataclass
+class DeepSparseCausalLMBatch:    
+    batch_id: int
+    requests: List[Request]
+    requests_idx_mapping: Dict[int,int]
+    input_ids_list: List[np.ndarray]
+    past_key_values_list: List[Optional[DeepSparsePastKeyValues]]
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def from_batch(
+        cls,
+        batch: Batch,
+        tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerBase,
+    ) -> "DeepSparseCausalLMBatch":
+        
+        # parse batch
+        requests_idx_mapping = {}
+        input_ids_list = []
+        
+        # setup tokenizer for deepsparse left padding
+        tokenizer.padding_side = "left"
+        if not tokenizer.pad_token:
+            tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token
+        padding, truncation = "longest", False
+
+        # loop through items in the batch
+        for idx, r in enumerate(batch.requests):
+            requests_idx_mapping[r.id] = idx
+
+            # setup inputs_ids, past_key_values
+            tokenized_inputs = tokenizer(
+                r.prompt,
+                return_tensors="np",
+                padding=padding,
+                truncation=truncation,
+                return_token_type_ids=False,
+                max_length=DEEPSPARSE_SEQUENCE_LENGTH
+            )
+            input_ids_list.append(tokenized_inputs["input_ids"])
+
+        return cls(
+            batch_id=batch.id,
+            requests=batch.requests,
+            requests_idx_mapping=requests_idx_mapping,
+            input_ids_list=input_ids_list,
+            past_key_values_list=[None] * len(batch.requests),
+        )
+
+    def to_cached_batch(self) -> CachedBatch:
+        return CachedBatch(
+            batch_id = self.batch_id,
+            request_ids=[r.id for r in self.requests],
+        )
+
+    # length of the batch
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.requests)
+
+    # pass list of request ids, returns batch with only those request ids
+    def filter(self, request_ids: List[int]) -> Optional["DeepSparseCausalLMBatch"]:
+        assert(len(request_ids) > 0)
+
+        requests_idx_mapping = {}
+        requests = []
+        input_ids_list = []
+        past_key_values_list = []
+
+        # loop through requests, keep ones that should remain
+        for new_idx, request_id in enumerate(request_ids):
+            assert request_id in self.requests_idx_mapping.keys(), "all request ids must be in the batch"
+            
+            requests_idx_mapping[request_id] = new_idx
+            
+            old_idx = self.requests_idx_mapping[request_id]
+            requests.append(self.requests[old_idx])
+            input_ids_list.append(self.input_ids_list[old_idx])
+            past_key_values_list.append(self.past_key_values_list[old_idx])
+
+        # update batch state
+        self.requests = requests
+        self.requests_idx_mapping = requests_idx_mapping 
+        self.input_ids_list = input_ids_list
+        self.past_key_values_list = past_key_values_list
+
+        return self
+
+    # combine two batches into one
+    @classmethod
+    def concatenate(cls, batches: List["DeepSparseCausalLMBatch"]) -> "DeepSparseCausalLMBatch":
+        assert len(batches) > 1, "must have more than 1 batch to concatenate"
+
+        requests_idx_mapping = {}
+        requests = []
+        input_ids_list = []
+        past_key_values_list = []
+
+        start_index = 0
+        for i, batch in enumerate(batches):
+            assert batch.past_key_values_list is not None, "only concatenate prefilled batches"
+            
+            # concatenate request, input_ids, and past_key_values lists
+            requests.extend(batch.requests)
+            input_ids_list.extend(batch.input_ids_list)
+            past_key_values_list.extend(batch.past_key_values_list)
+
+            # merge the request_id to index mapping
+            if i == 0:
+                requests_idx_mapping = batch.requests_idx_mapping
+            else:
+                for k, v in batch.requests_idx_mapping.items():
+                    requests_idx_mapping[k] = v + start_index
+            
+            start_index += len(batch)
+
+        return cls(
+            batch_id=batches[0].batch_id,
+            requests=requests,
+            requests_idx_mapping=requests_idx_mapping,
+            input_ids_list=input_ids_list,
+            past_key_values_list=past_key_values_list
+        )
+
+class DeepSparseCausalLM:
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            model_path: str, 
+            tokenizer_path: str,
+    ):   
+        # setup tokenizer
+        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(tokenizer_path)
+        self.tokenizer.padding_side = "left"
+        if not self.tokenizer.pad_token:
+            assert self.tokenizer.eos_token
+            self.tokenizer.pad_token = self.tokenizer.eos_token
+        
+        # setup model
+        self.model = DeepSparseDecoderModel(
+            onnx_file_path = model_path,
+            sequence_length = DEEPSPARSE_SEQUENCE_LENGTH,
+            multitoken_length = DEEPSPARSE_MULTITOKEN_LENGTH,
+        )
+
+    # TODO: switch to NextTokenChooser
+    def sample_token(
+        self,
+        logits: np.ndarray
+    ):
+        # assert b=1 for now
+        assert(logits.shape[0] == 1)        
+        
+        # grab logits for the last item in the sequence
+        # shape == (batch, seq, vocabulary_size)
+        return np.argmax(logits[0,-1,:])
+    
+    # TODO: switch to StoppingCriteria
+    def should_stop(
+        self,
+        num_tokens_processed: int,
+        generated_token_id: int
+    ):
+        if num_tokens_processed >= self.model.sequence_length:
+            return True
+        if generated_token_id == self.tokenizer.eos_token_id:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def generate_token(
+        self,
+        batch: DeepSparseCausalLMBatch,
+    ) -> (List[Generation], Optional[DeepSparseCausalLMBatch]):
+        
+        generations: List[Generation] = []
+        all_stopped = True
+
+        # for each member of the batch:
+        #   a) run inference
+        #   b) sample and check stopping criteria
+        #   c) create generation
+        #   d) update batch
+        for i, (request, input_ids, past_key_values,) in enumerate(
+            zip(
+                batch.requests, 
+                batch.input_ids_list, 
+                batch.past_key_values_list
+            )
+        ):
+            assert len(input_ids.shape) == 2
+            assert input_ids.shape[0] == 1
+            
+            # a) run inference
+            logits, past_key_values = self.model(input_ids, past_key_values)
+
+            # b) sample token and check stopping criteria
+            # TODO: should use NextTokenChooser/StoppingCriteria (simple for now)
+            generated_token_id = self.sample_token(logits)
+            generated_token = self.tokenizer.decode(generated_token_id)
+            stop = self.should_stop(
+                num_tokens_processed=input_ids.shape[1] + 1,
+                generated_token_id = generated_token_id
+            )
+            if not stop:
+                all_stopped = False
+                
+            # c) make generation
+            generations.append(Generation(
+                request_id=request.id,
+                token=generated_token,
+                token_id=generated_token_id,
+                stopped=stop
+            ))
+
+            # d) update batch 
+            # TODO: this does not occur in place)
+            assert len(batch.input_ids_list[i].shape) == 2
+            assert batch.input_ids_list[i].shape[0] == 1
+            batch.input_ids_list[i] = np.append(
+                batch.input_ids_list[i],
+                np.array([[generated_token_id]]),
+                axis=1
+            )
+            batch.past_key_values_list[i] = past_key_values
+
+        # if all elements of the batch are done, return null for batch
+        if all_stopped:
+            return generations, None
+        
+        # return generation + updated batch
+        return generations, batch
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diff --git a/server/deepsparse/service/model.py b/server/deepsparse/service/model.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b0082bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/deepsparse/service/model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+import os
+os.environ["WAND_OPT_FLAGS"] = "default,~pyramids"
+
+import numpy as np
+from typing import Optional, List, Dict
+
+from deepsparse import Context
+from deepsparse.engine import LIB
+from deepsparse.pipeline import DEEPSPARSE_ENGINE, create_engine
+from deepsparse.transformers.utils.helpers import overwrite_onnx_model_inputs, create_causal_mask
+
+PAST_KEY_VALUES_NAME = "past_key_values"
+
+class DeepSparsePastKeyValues:
+    def __init__(self):
+        prev_num_tokens = 0
+        num_frozen_tokens = 1
+        self.internal_past_key_values = LIB.kv_cache(prev_num_tokens, num_frozen_tokens)
+
+class DeepSparseDecoderEngine:
+    def __init__ (
+        self,
+        onnx_file_path: str, 
+        sequence_length: int = 1024,
+        input_ids_length: int = 1,
+        engine_context: Optional[Context] = None,
+    ):
+        
+        # setup ONNX graph
+        onnx_file_path, cached_outputs, data_type = overwrite_onnx_model_inputs(
+            onnx_file_path=onnx_file_path,
+            batch_size=1,
+            sequence_length=sequence_length,
+            input_ids_length=input_ids_length,
+        )
+
+        # compile engine
+        self.engine = create_engine(
+            onnx_file_path=onnx_file_path,
+            engine_type=DEEPSPARSE_ENGINE,
+            engine_args={"cached_outputs": cached_outputs},
+            context=engine_context,
+        )
+        print(self.engine)
+
+        # save utilties
+        self.past_key_value_dtype = data_type
+        self.onnx_inputs = self.engine.input_names
+        self.empty_past_key_values = self.make_empty_past_key_values()
+
+    # forward function
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        engine_inputs: Dict[str, np.ndarray],
+        past_key_values: DeepSparsePastKeyValues,
+        val_inputs: bool = True
+    ):
+        # format input into lists (we pass empty past key values)
+        inputs = [
+            self.empty_past_key_values[name] if name.startswith(PAST_KEY_VALUES_NAME) 
+            else engine_inputs[name] for name in self.engine.input_names
+        ]
+
+        # validate inputs formatted correctly
+        if val_inputs:
+             self.engine._validate_inputs(inputs)
+
+        # run inference, updates past_key_values internally
+        output = self.engine._eng_net.execute_list_out(
+            inputs, 
+            past_key_values.internal_past_key_values
+        )
+        logits = output[0]
+        return logits, past_key_values
+
+    # empty past kvs (dummy values to be passed around)
+    def make_empty_past_key_values(self):
+        past_key_values = {}
+        for idx, name in enumerate(self.onnx_inputs):
+            if name.startswith(PAST_KEY_VALUES_NAME):
+                past_key_values[name] = np.zeros(
+                    self.engine.input_shapes[idx], 
+                    dtype=self.past_key_value_dtype
+                )
+
+        return past_key_values
+    
+class DeepSparseDecoderModel:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        onnx_file_path: str,
+        sequence_length: int = 1024,
+        multitoken_length: int = 16,
+        engine_context: Optional[Context] = None,
+    ):
+        self.sequence_length = sequence_length
+        self.multitoken_length = multitoken_length
+
+        # compile decode engine
+        self.singletoken_engine = DeepSparseDecoderEngine(
+            onnx_file_path=onnx_file_path,
+            engine_context=engine_context,
+            sequence_length=sequence_length,
+            input_ids_length=1,
+        )
+
+        # compile prefill engine
+        self.multitoken_engine = DeepSparseDecoderEngine(
+            onnx_file_path=onnx_file_path,
+            engine_context=engine_context,
+            sequence_length=sequence_length,
+            input_ids_length=self.multitoken_length,
+        )
+
+        assert "input_ids" in self.singletoken_engine.onnx_inputs
+        assert "attention_mask" in self.singletoken_engine.onnx_inputs
+        assert "causal_mask" in self.singletoken_engine.onnx_inputs
+        assert "positions" in self.singletoken_engine.onnx_inputs
+
+    def engine_inputs_for_prefill(
+        self,
+        input_ids: np.ndarray,
+    ):
+        # split batch into N token_batches
+        num_batches = input_ids.shape[1] // self.multitoken_length
+        token_batches = [
+            input_ids[:, i*self.multitoken_length : (i+1)*self.multitoken_length] 
+            for i in range(0, num_batches)
+        ]
+
+        # format inputs for each of the N token_batches
+        for idx, token_batch in enumerate(token_batches):
+            num_processed_tokens = self.multitoken_length * idx
+
+            engine_inputs = {}            
+            engine_inputs["input_ids"] = token_batch
+            
+            # make attention mask from the right
+            engine_inputs["attention_mask"] = np.zeros((1, self.sequence_length), dtype=np.int64)
+            engine_inputs["attention_mask"][:, -(self.multitoken_length + num_processed_tokens):] = 1
+            
+            # make positions (building from the right)
+            # TODO: handle case when multitoken engine is 1
+            assert self.multitoken_length > 1
+            engine_inputs["positions"] = np.arange(
+                num_processed_tokens, num_processed_tokens + self.multitoken_length
+            ).reshape(1, -1).astype(np.int64)
+
+            # make causal mask (building from the right)
+            engine_inputs["causal_mask"] = create_causal_mask(
+                input_ids=engine_inputs["input_ids"], 
+                attention_mask=engine_inputs["attention_mask"]
+            )
+            yield engine_inputs
+
+    def engine_inputs_for_decode(
+        self,
+        input_ids: np.ndarray,
+    ):
+        engine_inputs = {}
+        engine_inputs["input_ids"] = input_ids[:,-1:]
+        engine_inputs["attention_mask"] = np.zeros((1, self.sequence_length), dtype=np.int64)
+        engine_inputs["attention_mask"][:, -input_ids.shape[1]:] = 1
+
+        engine_inputs["causal_mask"] = create_causal_mask(
+            engine_inputs["input_ids"],
+            engine_inputs["attention_mask"]
+        )
+        engine_inputs["positions"] = np.array([[input_ids.shape[1] - 1]], dtype=np.int64)
+        
+        return engine_inputs
+    
+    def decode(
+        self,
+        input_ids: np.ndarray,
+        past_key_values: DeepSparsePastKeyValues
+    ) -> (np.ndarray, DeepSparsePastKeyValues):
+        
+        # assert input is of shape [1,seq_len] w/ seq_len < self.sequence_len
+        assert len(input_ids.shape) == 2
+        assert input_ids.shape[0] == 1
+        assert input_ids.shape[1] < self.sequence_length
+        
+        engine_inputs = self.engine_inputs_for_decode(input_ids)
+        logits, past_key_values = self.singletoken_engine(
+            engine_inputs, 
+            past_key_values
+        )
+        
+        return logits, past_key_values
+    
+    def prefill(
+        self,
+        input_ids: np.ndarray,
+    ) -> (np.ndarray, DeepSparsePastKeyValues):
+        
+        # assert input is of shape [1,seq_len] w/ seq_len < self.sequence_len
+        assert len(input_ids.shape) == 2
+        assert input_ids.shape[0] == 1
+        assert input_ids.shape[1] < self.sequence_length
+        
+        tokens_processed = 0
+        
+        # setup empty past key values
+        past_key_values = DeepSparsePastKeyValues()
+
+        # loop through chunks, run inference w/ multitoken engine
+        for engine_inputs in self.engine_inputs_for_prefill(input_ids):
+            logits, past_key_values = self.multitoken_engine(
+                engine_inputs,
+                past_key_values
+            )
+            tokens_processed += self.multitoken_length
+
+        # if anything left over, run inference w/ singletoken engine
+        while tokens_processed < input_ids.shape[1]:
+            logits, past_key_values = self.decode(
+                input_ids=input_ids[:,:tokens_processed+1],
+                past_key_values=past_key_values
+            )
+            tokens_processed += 1
+            # print(logits[:,-1:,:])
+        
+        return logits, past_key_values
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        input_ids: np.ndarray,
+        past_key_values: Optional[DeepSparsePastKeyValues] = None,
+    ):
+        if past_key_values is None:
+            return self.prefill(input_ids)
+        else:
+            return self.decode(input_ids, past_key_values)
+
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        input_ids: np.ndarray,
+        past_key_values: Optional[DeepSparsePastKeyValues] = None,
+    ):
+        return self.forward(input_ids, past_key_values)
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diff --git a/server/deepsparse/service/service.py b/server/deepsparse/service/service.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c23bd64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/deepsparse/service/service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+from server.deepsparse.service.causal_lm import DeepSparseCausalLM, DeepSparseCausalLMBatch
+from server.deepsparse.utils import Generation, CachedBatch, Batch
+
+class BatchCache:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.cache: Dict[int, DeepSparseCausalLMBatch] = {}
+
+    def pop(self, batch_id: int) -> DeepSparseCausalLMBatch:
+        batch = self.cache.pop(batch_id, None)
+        assert batch is not None, "Batch ID {batch_id} not found in cache."
+        return batch
+
+    def set(self, entry: DeepSparseCausalLMBatch):
+        if entry is not None:
+            self.cache[entry.batch_id] = entry
+
+    def delete(self, batch_id: int):
+        batch = self.pop(batch_id)
+        if batch is not None:
+            del batch
+
+    def clear(self):
+        keys = list(self.cache.keys())
+        for k in keys:
+            self.delete(k)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.cache.keys())
+
+class DeepSparseService:
+    def __init__(
+        self, 
+        model: DeepSparseCausalLM
+    ):
+        self.model = model
+        self.cache = BatchCache()
+
+    def ClearCache(self):
+        self.cache.clear()
+
+    def FilterBatch(self, batch_id: int, request_ids: List[int]) -> CachedBatch:
+        ds_batch = self.cache.pop(batch_id)
+        filtered_ds_batch = ds_batch.filter(request_ids)
+        self.cache.set(filtered_ds_batch)
+
+        return filtered_ds_batch.to_cached_batch()
+
+    def Prefill(self, batch: Batch) -> Tuple[Generation, CachedBatch]:
+        ds_batch = DeepSparseCausalLMBatch.from_batch(
+            batch=batch,
+            tokenizer=self.model.tokenizer
+        )
+
+        generations, next_ds_batch = self.model.generate_token(ds_batch)
+        assert len(generations) == 1
+        self.cache.set(next_ds_batch)
+
+        return generations[0], next_ds_batch.to_cached_batch()
+
+    def Decode(self, batches: List[CachedBatch]) -> Tuple[List[Generation], CachedBatch]:
+        assert len(batches) != 0, "Must provide at least one batch"
+
+        ds_batches = []
+        for cached_batch in batches:
+            ds_batches.append(self.cache.pop(cached_batch.batch_id))
+
+        if len(ds_batches) > 1:
+            ds_batch = DeepSparseCausalLMBatch.concatenate(ds_batches)
+        else:
+            ds_batch = ds_batches[0]
+
+        generations, next_ds_batch = self.model.generate_token(ds_batch)
+        self.cache.set(next_ds_batch)
+
+        return generations, (next_ds_batch.to_cached_batch() if next_ds_batch else None)
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diff --git a/server/deepsparse/utils.py b/server/deepsparse/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32c898b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/deepsparse/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from queue import Queue
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+@dataclass
+class Request:
+    id: int
+    prompt: str
+    max_generated_tokens: int
+
+@dataclass
+class Batch:
+    id: int
+    requests: List[Request]
+
+@dataclass
+class CachedBatch:
+    batch_id: int
+    request_ids: List[int]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.request_ids)
+
+@dataclass
+class Generation:
+    request_id: int
+    token: Optional[str]
+    token_id: Optional[str]
+    stopped: bool
+
+@dataclass
+class GenerateRequest:
+    prompt: str
+    max_generated_tokens: int
+    response_stream: Queue[Generation]
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