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Author SHA1 Message Date
Daniël de Kok
eab07f746c
Add support for FP8 KV cache scales (#2628)
* Add support for FP8 KV cache scales

Since FP8 only has limited dynamic range, we can scale keys/values
before storing them into the cache (and unscale them in attention). To
avoid rescaling the cache as the absmax values change, good scales are
usually determined per layer using calibration calibration data and stored
in the checkpoint.

This change adds support for for using key-value scales and loading them
from checkpoints in the two most common formats:

- Separate per-layer `k_scale` and `v_scale` scalars.
- Per-layer `kv_scale` scalar (older format).

Currently, scales are only used with an `float8_e4m3fn` cache.

Besides adding support for key/value scales, the `fp8_quantize` function
is also extended to support quantization with a kernel vendored from
vLLM. This is slightly faster than the PyTorch implementation, but also
scales in FP32, potentially improving accuracy.

* Update FP8 KV cache test to use checkpoint with scales

* `can_scale`: check that the attention is flashinfer
2024-10-24 16:36:18 +02:00
Daniël de Kok
2358c2bb54
Add basic FP8 KV cache support (#2603)
* Add basic FP8 KV cache support

This change adds rudimentary FP8 KV cache support. The support is
enabled by passing `--kv-cache-dtype fp8_e5m2` to the launcher. Doing so
uses this type for the KV cache. However support is still limited:

* Only the `fp8_e5m2` type is supported.
* The KV cache layout is the same as `float16`/`bfloat16` (HND).
* The FP8 KV cache is only supported for FlashInfer.
* Loading of scales is not yet supported.

* Fix Cargo.toml
2024-10-04 17:51:48 +02:00