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This repository contains the model from the [stabilityai/StableBeluga2](https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/StableBeluga2) repository with the following changes:
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We provide the original README below. Please refer there for model details and licensing information.
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This repository contains the model from the [stabilityai/StableBeluga2](https://huggingface.co/stabilityai/StableBeluga2) repository with the following changes:
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1. **Storing weights in `bfloat16` instead of `float32`.**
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This leads to 2x smaller files and a small quality loss, which is not significant compared to the loss caused by NF4 quantization used in Petals by default.
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1. **Storing weights in small shards.**
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Each transformer block is stored in its own shard (1.71 GB each). The input and output embeddings and adjacent layernorms are in a separate shard (1.05 GB) too.
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This way, Petals clients and servers don't have to download any excess data besides the layers they actually use.
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1. **Using [Safetensors](https://github.com/huggingface/safetensors) instead of Pickle.**
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This allows faster loading with smaller RAM requirements.
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We provide the original README below. Please refer there for model details and licensing information.
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