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48 results for KV cache compression

FibQuant improves KV-cache compression for long-context inference.

problem Memory traffic bottleneck in long-context inference due to KV cache growth.
method Introduces FibQuant, a universal vector quantizer that combines Beta-quantile radii, Fibonacci/Roberts-Kronecker directions, and Lloyd-Max refinement.
result FibQuant achieves high compression rates with minimal loss in attention cosine similarity.

KVCOMM optimizes multi-agent LLM systems by reusing KV-caches, reducing redundant processing.

problem Substantial overhead from reprocessing overlapping contexts across multi-agent systems.
method KVCOMM reuses KV-caches and adjusts offsets for shared content using a pool of cached examples (anchors).
result Achieves over 70% reuse rate across diverse multi-agent tasks, up to 7.8x speedup.

WildCat efficiently compresses neural network attention mechanisms.

problem Expensive quadratic runtime of attention mechanisms in neural networks.
method Uses a weighted coreset with a fast subsampling algorithm to approximate attention with near-linear time complexity.
result Approximates exact attention with super-polynomial error decay and near-linear runtime.

New algorithm reduces costs and latency for large language model inference.

problem Optimizing inference costs and latency for large language models with GPU constraints.
method Formulated as an online scheduling problem with endogenous memory growth, introduced fluid model and WAIT algorithms.
result Reduced costs and latency, especially in near-overloaded and overloaded regimes.

We define a family KV(g,n){\rm KV}^{(g,n)} of Kashiwara-Vergne problems associated with compact connected oriented 2-manifolds of genus gg with n+1n+1 boundary components. The problem KV(0,3){\rm KV}^{(0,3)} is the classical Kashiwara-Vergne problem from Lie theory. We show the existence of solutions of KV(g,n){\rm KV}^{(g,n)} for ar…

2016-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper computes KV cochain differentials and their geometric implications.

problem Deformation theory of flat and torsion-free affine connections.
method Explicit computation of KV cochain differentials and their relations to geometric transformations.
result KV algebra with non-vanishing second cohomology group.

MSD removes dequantization bottleneck in LLM inference by approximating high-precision activations.

problem Dequantization bottleneck in LLM inference on modern AI accelerators.
method MSD decomposes high-precision activations into multiple low-precision components for direct multiplication with quantized weights.
result MSD avoids INT8-to-BF16 weight conversion, reducing dequantization cycles and HBM traffic.

This study investigates the use of reinforcement learning to guide a general purpose cache manager decisions. Cache managers directly impact the overall performance of computer systems. They govern decisions about which objects should be cached, the duration they should be cached for, and decides on which objects to ev…

2019-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

A deep learning model predicts future cache accesses with high accuracy.

problem Improving cache management and performance through better prediction of future data accesses.
method Proposed a LSTM-based recurrent neural network model to predict future cache accesses using only a cache trace as input.
result The proposed model achieves high prediction accuracy and outperforms state-of-the-art practical policies.

As the industry deploys increasingly large and complex neural networks to mobile devices, more pressure is put on the memory and compute resources of those devices. Deep compression, or compression of deep neural network weight matrices, is a technique to stretch resources for such scenarios. Existing compression metho…

2018-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

DEAP Cache learns prefetching, eviction, and admission using machine learning.

problem Improving cache performance through better prefetching, eviction, and admission strategies.
method End-to-end pipeline using machine learning, inspired by pretraining on large corpora and online reinforcement learning.
result Optimal policy distribution between two orthogonal eviction strategies based on frequency and recency.

Support Vector Machines (SVMs) can solve structured multi-output learning problems such as multi-label classification, multiclass classification and vector regression. SVM training is expensive especially for large and high dimensional datasets. The bottleneck of the SVM training often lies in the kernel value computat…

2019-11-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Transformer is a popularly used neural network architecture, especially for language understanding. We introduce an extended and unified architecture that can be used for tasks involving a variety of modalities like image, text, videos, etc. We propose a spatio-temporal cache mechanism that enables learning spatial dim…

2019-07-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We developed a caching method to speed up concept learning in complex knowledge bases.

problem Complex concept learning requires many instance retrieval calls, increasing runtime.
method Semantics-aware caching that links concepts to instances via crisp set operations.
result Our cache reduces concept retrieval and learning runtime by an order of magnitude.

The cohomology of affine structures on Lie groups is compared with that of Koszul-Vinberg algebras.

problem Comparing De Rham cohomology and KV-cohomology on Lie groups SO(2), H3(R), and Galilei group SGal(3).
method Constructing a three vertex directed graph connecting associative algebras, KV-cohomology, and Lie groups.
result Evaluating the algebraic quotient of the cohomology groups.

Training large-scale image recognition models is computationally expensive. This raises the question of whether there might be simple ways to improve the test performance of an already trained model without having to re-train or fine-tune it with new data. Here, we show that, surprisingly, this is indeed possible. The …

2018-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper optimizes caching and model multiplexing for large model inference.

problem Resource consumption and latency challenges in large model deployment.
method Jointly optimizing a caching algorithm (GDSF or LEC) and a model multiplexer for large model inference.
result Achieves optimal rates in offline and online settings with up to 50x improvement over baseline.

A new method for energy-efficient file delivery in small cell networks.

problem Efficient resource management in femto-caching with time-variant statistical properties.
method Formulates a resource allocation problem as a stochastic knapsack problem and a multi-armed bandit problem, developing solutions for each.
result The proposed method maximizes the accumulated utility over the horizon, especially suitable for networks with time-variant statistical properties.

Machine learning models that take computer program source code as input typically use Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. However, a major challenge is that code is written using an open, rapidly changing vocabulary due to, e.g., the coinage of new variable and method names. Reasoning over such a vocabulary i…

2018-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Over the last few years, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have become ubiquitous owing to their high accuracy on real-world tasks. However, this increase in accuracy comes at the cost of computationally expensive models leading to higher prediction latencies. Prior efforts to reduce this latency such as quantization, model …

2020-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

LATM framework uses LLMs to create and reuse tools for efficient problem-solving.

problem Improving problem-solving capabilities of LLMs with external tools.
method Closed-loop framework with two phases: tool making and tool using. LLMs act as both tool makers and users. Resource-intensive model for tool making, lightweight model for tool using.
result LATM framework achieves performance equivalent to using a powerful LLM for both roles but with significantly reduced costs.

Generative compression technique reduces neural network size and improves performance on microcontrollers.

problem Memory constraints on microcontrollers limit the size of neural networks, especially for 1x1 pointwise (PW) mixers.
method HYPER-TINYPW uses a shared micro-MLP to generate PW kernels from tiny per-layer codes, reducing memory usage.
result HYPER-TINYPW achieves comparable performance to larger models while being significantly smaller (225 kB vs 1.4 MB).

In the framework of the theory of differential coverings \cite{KV}, we discuss a general geometric construction that serves the base for the so-called Lax pairs containing differentiation with respect to the spectral parameter \cite{OS}. Such kind of objects arise, for example, when studying integrability properties of…

2014-01-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Typical large-scale recommender systems use deep learning models that are stored on a large amount of DRAM. These models often rely on embeddings, which consume most of the required memory. We present Bandana, a storage system that reduces the DRAM footprint of embeddings, by using Non-volatile Memory (NVM) as the prim…

2018-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

KATA improves associative recall by optimizing feature maps derived from nonnegative attention weights.

problem Linear attention's poor performance on associative recall tasks.
method Formulates attention recall as a spherical-packing problem and introduces Kernelized Linear Attention Activations (KATA).
result KATA features offer a favorable capacity-interference tradeoff, enabling efficient associative recall.

Study on deformation of affine structures on Lie groups using cohomology.

problem Understanding the gap between global topological invariants and left-invariant affine structures.
method Comparing De Rham and Koszul-Vinberg cohomology groups on Lie groups SO(2), H3(R), and SGal(3).
result Vanishing theorem for the second KV-cohomology group, proving structural rigidity of orbits.

We address challenges of active learning under scarce informational resources in non-stationary environments. In real-world settings, data labeled and integrated into a predictive model may become invalid over time. However, the data can become informative again with switches in context and such changes may indicate un…

2012-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent work by Brock et al. (2018) suggests that Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) benefit disproportionately from large mini-batch sizes. Unfortunately, using large batches is slow and expensive on conventional hardware. Thus, it would be nice if we could generate batches that were effectively large though actual…

2019-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Research optimizes C++ patterns for HFT, reducing latency and improving profitability.

problem Optimizing latency-critical code for high-frequency trading systems.
method Creation of a Low-Latency Programming Repository, optimisation of trading strategy, implementation of Disruptor pattern.
result Significant performance improvements in speed and profitability.

This work is devoted to an intrinsic cohomology theory of Koszul-Vinberg algebras and their modules. Our results may be regarded as improvements of the attempt by Albert Nijenhuis in [NA]. The relationships between the cohomology theory developed here and some classical problems are pointed out, e.g. extensions of alge…

2002-02-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Generating logical form equivalents of human language is a fresh way to employ neural architectures where long short-term memory effectively captures dependencies in both encoder and decoder units. The logical form of the sequence usually preserves information from the natural language side in the form of similar token…

2018-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we propose several improvements on the block-coordinate Frank-Wolfe (BCFW) algorithm from Lacoste-Julien et al. (2013) recently used to optimize the structured support vector machine (SSVM) objective in the context of structured prediction, though it has wider applications. The key intuition behind our i…

2016-05-30abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we analyze, evaluate, and improve the performance of training generalized linear models on modern CPUs. We start with a state-of-the-art asynchronous parallel training algorithm, identify system-level performance bottlenecks, and apply optimizations that improve data parallelism, cache line locality, and …

2018-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗