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Auteurs principaux: Hartford, Eric, Atkins, Lucas, Neto, Fernando Fernandes, Golchinfar, David
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2024
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06623
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author Hartford, Eric
Atkins, Lucas
Neto, Fernando Fernandes
Golchinfar, David
author_facet Hartford, Eric
Atkins, Lucas
Neto, Fernando Fernandes
Golchinfar, David
contents Efficiently post-training large language models remains a challenging task due to the vast computational resources required. We present Spectrum, a method that accelerates LLM training by selectively targeting layer modules based on their signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and freezing the remaining modules. Our approach, which utilizes an algorithm to compute module SNRs prior to training, has shown to effectively match the performance of full fine-tuning while reducing GPU memory usage. Experiments comparing Spectrum to existing methods such as QLoRA demonstrate its effectiveness in terms of model quality and VRAM efficiency in distributed environments.
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spellingShingle Spectrum: Targeted Training on Signal to Noise Ratio
Hartford, Eric
Atkins, Lucas
Neto, Fernando Fernandes
Golchinfar, David
Machine Learning
Efficiently post-training large language models remains a challenging task due to the vast computational resources required. We present Spectrum, a method that accelerates LLM training by selectively targeting layer modules based on their signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and freezing the remaining modules. Our approach, which utilizes an algorithm to compute module SNRs prior to training, has shown to effectively match the performance of full fine-tuning while reducing GPU memory usage. Experiments comparing Spectrum to existing methods such as QLoRA demonstrate its effectiveness in terms of model quality and VRAM efficiency in distributed environments.
title Spectrum: Targeted Training on Signal to Noise Ratio
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06623