Summary of Mixpe: Quantization and Hardware Co-design For Efficient Llm Inference, by Yu Zhang et al.
MixPE: Quantization and Hardware Co-design for Efficient LLM Inference
by Yu Zhang, Mingzi Wang, Lancheng Zou, Wulong Liu, Hui-Ling Zhen, Mingxuan Yuan, Bei Yu
First submitted to arxiv on: 25 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper introduces MixPE, a specialized processing element designed to efficiently perform low-bit quantization in large language model inference. By leveraging two key innovations, including performing dequantization after per-group mixed-precision matrix multiplication (mpGEMM) and using shift&add operations for multiplication, MixPE minimizes dequantization overhead and unlocks the full potential of low-bit quantization. The results show that MixPE surpasses state-of-the-art quantization accelerators by 2.6x speedup and 1.4x energy reduction. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary MixPE is a new way to make computers faster and more efficient for doing big tasks with language models. Right now, using these powerful models on computers can be slow because they need lots of memory and computing power. To fix this problem, the researchers invented MixPE, which helps computers do calculations faster and use less energy. They also found a way to make sure that when computers are doing these calculations, they don’t waste time or energy. This makes it possible for computers to use language models in more powerful ways. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Inference » Large language model » Precision » Quantization
