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New JBSTC method enhances diffusion model quantization fidelity

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Researchers have developed a new method called Joint Branch-Space Transform Coding (JBSTC) to improve the quantization of diffusion models. This technique addresses the issue of independent quantization across conditional and unconditional coordinates by exploiting the correlated structure of matched Classifier-Free Guidance (CFG) activations. The Guidance-Correlation Branch Transform (GCBT), a specific implementation of JBSTC, rotates these branches using an orthogonal matrix derived from the CFG guidance direction and cross-branch moments, leading to statistically significant fidelity gains with minimal changes to existing quantization pipelines. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Mingrun Jiang, Yuejia Liu, Zishan Shao, Ting Jiang, Qinsi Wang, Hancheng Ye, Yixiao Wang, Rui-Feng Wang, Kangning Cui, Yixuan Chen, Fan Yang, Xiang Cheng, Hai Li, Yiran Chen ·

    Joint Branch-Space Transform Coding for Diffusion Activation Quantization with Classifier-Free Guidance

    arXiv:2610.00930v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Post-training quantization for diffusion models increasingly exploits timestep, feature, and layer structure. While recent work has begun incorporating CFG structure into diffusion quantization, activation quantization still operate…

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