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Quantization: GPTQ, AWQ, GGUF Deep Dive in AI Inference & ServingInterview Readiness Check
INT8/INT4 quantization theory, post-training quantization vs quantization-aware training, GPTQ algorithm, AWQ activation-aware quantization, GGUF format for CPU/edge, bitsandbytes, calibration datasets, accuracy-compression tradeoffs..
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INT8 post-training quantization (PTQ) maps FP16 weight values to the range [-128, 127]. A layer with weight values ranging from -2.5 to +3.1 uses the scale factor s = max_abs / 127. What is the scale factor, and what happens to a weight value of 0.001?
A.s = 5.6/256 ≈ 0.0219; the 0.001 value maps to INT8 value 0
B.s = 2.5/127 ≈ 0.0197; the 0.001 value maps to INT8 value 1
C.s = 3.1/127 ≈ 0.0244; the 0.001 value maps to INT8 value 0, losing precision
D.s = 3.1/128 ≈ 0.0242; INT8 cannot represent values near zero
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