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Block-scaled INT8 quantization with stochastic rounding
Uses block-scaled INT8 quantization with stochastic rounding for cache storage.
Also called Block-scaled INT8 quantization.
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Block-scaled INT8 quantization with stochastic rounding largely preserves FP32-cache accuracy
evaluatedpost trainingin Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA
Block-scaled INT8 quantization with stochastic rounding largely preserves FP32-cache accuracy
evaluatedinference servingin Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA
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