Summary of Spikellm: Scaling Up Spiking Neural Network to Large Language Models Via Saliency-based Spiking, by Xingrun Xing et al.
SpikeLLM: Scaling up Spiking Neural Network to Large Language Models via Saliency-based Spiking
by Xingrun Xing, Boyan Gao, Zheng Zhang, David A. Clifton, Shitao Xiao, Li Du, Guoqi Li, Jiajun Zhang
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL); Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The researchers propose a new type of large language model (LLM) that uses bio-plausible spiking mechanisms to mimic the energy-efficient behavior of the human brain. The proposed model, called SpikeLLM, is designed for LLMs with 7-70 billion parameters and aims to reduce the computational resources required for inference. To achieve this, the researchers introduce two new approaches: Generalized Integrate-and-Fire (GIF) neurons that compress spike length, and an Optimal Brain Spiking framework that allocates different timing constants for GIF neurons. The effectiveness of SpikeLLM is demonstrated through comparisons with quantized LLMs, showing improved perplexity and accuracy on specific tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The researchers created a new kind of large language model that works like our brains do. They made it more efficient by using special kinds of “spikes” instead of regular calculations. This helps the model use less energy and computing power. They tested their new model, called SpikeLLM, on some big datasets and found that it did better than other models at certain tasks. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Inference » Large language model » Perplexity
