HackerTrans
TopNewTrendsCommentsPastAskShowJobs

waldfee

no profile record

comments

waldfee
·3 years ago·discuss
i am only dabbling in this space myself, so can't answer everything. all the formats i mentioned are for a quantized version of the original model. basically a lower resolution version, with the associated precision loss. e.g. original model weights are in f16, the gptq version is in int4. a big difference in size but often an acceptable loss of quality. using quants is basically a tradeoff between quality and "can i run it?".

examples of original models are llama(2), mistral, xwin. they are not directly related to any quantized versions. quants are mostly done by third parties (e.g. thebloke[1]).

using a full model for inference requires pretty beefy hardware. most inference on consumer hardware is done with quantized versions for that reason.

[1] https://huggingface.co/TheBloke
waldfee
·3 years ago·discuss
i don't think such a guide exists. this space is moving pretty fast. a short rundown

quantized model formats:

- GGML: used with llama.cpp, outdated, support is dropped or will be soon. cpu+gpu inference

- GGUF: "new version" of the GGML file format, used with llama.cpp. cpu+gpu inference. offers 2-8bit quantization

- GPTQ: pure gpu inference, used with AutoGPTQ, exllama, exllamav2, offers only 4 bit quantization

- EXL2: pure gpu inference, used with exllamav2, offers 2-8bit quantization

here[1] is a nice overview of VRAM usage vs perplexity of different quant levels (with the example of a 70b model in exl2 format)

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/178tzps/updated...
waldfee
·5 years ago·discuss
there are modern products in this niche, and there is huge interest. the market certainly seems to be there (regium tried to defraud people for almost a million dollars i believe was the kickstarter sum before they got shut down).

there is squareoff [0], with new products currently in development (swap / neo)

then there was regium, an elaborate scam on kickstarter [1]

now there is phantom [2], which hopefully is not a scam. they at least posted some engineering details on hackaday [3]

squareoff has chess.com support, hopefully with lichess support coming (they are promising it, but has not yet happend). phantom claims working lichess support and to work on chess.com support

[0] https://squareoffnow.com

[1] https://www.chess.com/news/view/update-on-regium-chess

[2] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wondersubstance/phantom...

[3] https://hackaday.io/project/179268
waldfee
·5 years ago·discuss
check out KoReader [0] from the F-Droid Store, imho it's way better than the built-in onyx reader app.

[0] https://koreader.rocks
waldfee
·6 years ago·discuss
Sorry, can't help there as I don't need it, therefore never tried to get it to work. I think the microg subreddit [0] is your best bet for pointers

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/MicroG/
waldfee
·6 years ago·discuss
I have used these images for more than a year now, runs perfectly fine. Use Aurora Store (from F-Droid) if you need any Google Play apps installed.

Be careful if you rely on SafetyNet, seems to be a pain to get working correctly.

If you use the GCM registration, but push notifications just dont work, try this [0], worked for me

[0] https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/226#issuecomment-26...