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Mike Young @mikeyoung44

4-Bit AI Training Method Outperforms 16-Bit With 75% Less Memory

New 4-Bit AI training method, Stable-SPAM, outperforms 16-bit while using 75% less memory. Combines spike-aware momentum reset with optimized quantization techniques for state-of-the-art results.

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Novel training method called Stable-SPAM enables 4-bit model training with better stability than 16-bit Adam
Combines spike-aware momentum reset with optimized quantization techniques
Achieves state-of-the-art results while using significantly less memory
Works across various model architectures including large language models
Reduces t...