FP8 Quantization

Three sources are reviewed to understand the value of FP8 quantization:https://www.baseten.co/blog/33-faster-llm-inference-with-fp8-quantization/https://lmdeploy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quantization/kv_quant.html?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://developer.nvidia.com/blog/introducing-new-kv-cache-reuse-optimizations-in-nvidia-tensorrt-llm/The provided sources collectively discuss quantization techniques and Key-Value (KV) cache optimizations for improving the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs). Specifically, Baseten highlights FP8 quantization of LLMs like Mistral 7B, demonstrating significant speed, throughput, and cost improvements with minimal impact on output quality, suitable for production environments. LMDeploy focuses on INT4/INT8 KV cache quantization, showing how it increases the number of concurrent operations and boosts throughput for various LLMs, while also detailing its impact on model accuracy across different benchmarks. Lastly, NVIDIA's TensorRT-LLM introduces advanced KV cache reuse optimizations, including priority-based eviction and a KV cache event API, enabling more intelligent memory management and routing decisions to further enhance LLM inference efficiency.

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