Technical
Quantization
Definition
A technique that reduces model size and increases inference speed by using lower-precision number representations.In-Depth Explanation
Quantization converts model weights from 32-bit floats to 16-bit, 8-bit, or even 4-bit integers. This dramatically reduces memory requirements and speeds up inference with minimal accuracy loss. Quantization enables running large models on consumer hardware.
Real-World Example
A 70B parameter model quantized to 4-bit can run on a high-end consumer GPU that could not handle the full-precision version.
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