docs: Move why section up to top of root README proposal/architecture notes - more cohesive flow

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 4. **Type Safety & Reliability**: Employ Zig's strong type system, comptime checks, and explicit error handling to prevent runtime errors
 5. **Cross-Platform Support**: Create a portable implementation with seamless support across architectures (x86_64, ARM64, etc.)
 ## Why DeepSeek V3 in Zig?
 The migration of DeepSeek V3 to Zig represents a significant advancement in language model implementation. By leveraging Zig's unique features, particularly compile-time metaprogramming and fine-grained memory control, we aim to create a highly optimized implementation that outperforms the original Python/PyTorch version significantly while maintaining flexibility and ease of use.
 Key advantages of the Zig implementation include:
 1. **Superior Performance**
   - Compile-time specialization eliminates runtime overhead
   - Direct hardware access for maximum efficiency
   - Zero-cost abstractions for clean yet fast code
   - SIMD vectorization through native vector types
   - Cache-aware memory layout optimization
 2. **Memory Efficiency**
   - Explicit allocation strategies tailored to LLM workloads
   - Reduced memory fragmentation through custom allocators
   - Lower overall memory footprint through data structure optimization
   - Precise control over tensor memory layouts
   - Arena allocation for temporary computations
 3. **Reliability**
   - Comprehensive error handling with explicit error sets
   - No runtime exceptions, all errors are explicitly handled
   - Deterministic resource cleanup through defer and errdefer
   - Compile-time correctness guarantees
   - Clear separation of error paths from happy paths
 4. **Portability**
   - Integrated cross-compilation for all supported platforms
   - No external dependencies for core functionality
   - C ABI compatibility for integration with existing libraries
   - Consistent behavior across environments
   - WebAssembly target support for browser deployment
 5. **Scalability**
   - Explicit threading model for compute-intensive operations
   - Efficient parallel execution of independent tensor operations
   - Multi-token prediction support
   - Quantization-aware data structures
   - Optimized KV-cache for efficient sequence generation
 The resulting system will be particularly well-suited for deployment on resource-constrained devices and will provide superior performance on all platforms. This architectural approach sets the foundation for future innovations in large language model deployment.
 ## Table of Contents
 1. [Overview](#overview)
-2. [System Architecture](#system-architecture)
+2. [Why DeepSeek V3 in Zig?](#why-deepseek-v3-in-zig)
 3. [System Architecture](#system-architecture)
   - [High-Level Component Overview](#high-level-component-overview)
-3. [Detailed Component Design](#detailed-component-design)
+4. [Detailed Component Design](#detailed-component-design)
   1. [Core Systems](#1-core-systems)
      - [1.1 Memory Management System](#11-memory-management-system)
      - [1.2 Tensor Implementation](#12-tensor-implementation)
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   5. [Optimization Layer](#5-optimization-layer)
      - [5.1 Compile-Time Optimizations](#51-compile-time-optimizations)
      - [5.2 Quantization Framework](#52-quantization-framework)
-4. [Platform-Specific Optimizations](#platform-specific-optimizations)
+5. [Platform-Specific Optimizations](#platform-specific-optimizations)
   - [Apple Silicon (M-Series)](#apple-silicon-m-series)
   - [x86_64 Architecture](#x86_64-architecture)
   - [NVIDIA GPUs](#nvidia-gpus)
-5. [Development Roadmap](#development-roadmap)
+6. [Development Roadmap](#development-roadmap)
   - [Phase 1: Core Infrastructure](#phase-1-core-infrastructure)
   - [Phase 2: Model Architecture](#phase-2-model-architecture)
   - [Phase 3: Backend Integration](#phase-3-backend-integration)
   - [Phase 4: Inference Pipeline](#phase-4-inference-pipeline)
   - [Phase 5: Optimization](#phase-5-optimization)
   - [Phase 6: Testing and Benchmarking](#phase-6-testing-and-benchmarking)
 6. [Why Propose DeepSeek V3 in Zig?](#why-propose-deepseek-v3-in-zig)
 ## System Architecture
@ -4913,47 +4957,4 @@ Ensuring correctness and measuring performance:
 - **Fine-Tuning**
  - Performance bottleneck identification
  - Targeted optimizations
-  - Final parameter tuning
+  - Final parameter tuning
 ## Why DeepSeek V3 in Zig?
 The migration of DeepSeek V3 to Zig represents a significant advancement in language model implementation. By leveraging Zig's unique features, particularly compile-time metaprogramming and fine-grained memory control, we aim to create a highly optimized implementation that outperforms the original Python/PyTorch version significantly while maintaining flexibility and ease of use.
 Key advantages of the Zig implementation include:
 1. **Superior Performance**
   - Compile-time specialization eliminates runtime overhead
   - Direct hardware access for maximum efficiency
   - Zero-cost abstractions for clean yet fast code
   - SIMD vectorization through native vector types
   - Cache-aware memory layout optimization
 2. **Memory Efficiency**
   - Explicit allocation strategies tailored to LLM workloads
   - Reduced memory fragmentation through custom allocators
   - Lower overall memory footprint through data structure optimization
   - Precise control over tensor memory layouts
   - Arena allocation for temporary computations
 3. **Reliability**
   - Comprehensive error handling with explicit error sets
   - No runtime exceptions, all errors are explicitly handled
   - Deterministic resource cleanup through defer and errdefer
   - Compile-time correctness guarantees
   - Clear separation of error paths from happy paths
 4. **Portability**
   - Integrated cross-compilation for all supported platforms
   - No external dependencies for core functionality
   - C ABI compatibility for integration with existing libraries
   - Consistent behavior across environments
   - WebAssembly target support for browser deployment
 5. **Scalability**
   - Explicit threading model for compute-intensive operations
   - Efficient parallel execution of independent tensor operations
   - Multi-token prediction support
   - Quantization-aware data structures
   - Optimized KV-cache for efficient sequence generation
 The resulting system will be particularly well-suited for deployment on resource-constrained devices and will provide superior performance on all platforms. This architectural approach sets the foundation for future innovations in large language model deployment.