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riscy on Nov 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google uses int8 for LLM training

arithmetic is implemented as bitwise operations so i’m still confused. the lower the precision / smaller range of values you choose to represent means fewer bitwise operations are required.

Hydraulix989 on Nov 11, 2023 [–]

Maybe something like this: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06071

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