Summary of Lcq: Low-rank Codebook Based Quantization For Large Language Models, by Wen-pu Cai et al.
LCQ: Low-Rank Codebook based Quantization for Large Language Models
by Wen-Pu Cai, Ming-Yang Li, Wu-Jun Li
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed novel weight quantization method, called Low-Rank Codebook Based Quantization (LCQ), aims to improve the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) while reducing their computational and storage costs. By adopting a low-rank codebook for quantization, LCQ can achieve better accuracy than existing methods with minimal additional storage requirements. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This innovative approach can effectively compress LLMs without sacrificing their capabilities. By using a rank-one codebook, most existing weight quantization methods result in significant accuracy loss when the compression ratio is high. However, LCQ’s low-rank codebook can mitigate this issue and provide better performance even at high compression ratios. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Quantization
