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Ant Group and vLLM release open-source quantized inference kernels

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Ant Group and the vLLM community have jointly released Humming, an open-source library for Just-In-Time (JIT) GEMM kernels. This library is designed for quantized inference, supporting a range of data types including INT1-8 and FP4-FP8 mixes. Notably, Humming provides full compatibility with T-Head's Zhenwu 810E hardware. AI

IMPACT This release provides developers with a new tool for optimizing AI model inference, potentially leading to more efficient deployment of quantized models on compatible hardware.

RANK_REASON The release of an open-source library for quantized inference kernels. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Ant Group and vLLM release open-source quantized inference kernels

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  1. Pandaily TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Pandaily) ·

    Ant Group and vLLM Open-Source Humming, Quantized Inference Kernels With Zhenwu 810E Support

    Ant Group and the vLLM community open-sourced Humming, a JIT GEMM kernel library for quantized inference. It covers INT1-8 and FP4-FP8 mixes and fully supports T-Head's Zhenwu 810E.

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