Towards Accurate Post-training Quantization for Reparameterized Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16121v1
• Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:42:12 GMT
• Title: Towards Accurate Post-training Quantization for Reparameterized Models
• Authors: Luoming Zhang, Yefei He, Wen Fei, Zhenyu Lou, Weijia Wu, YangWei Ying, and Hong Zhou
• Abstract summary: Current Post-training Quantization (PTQ) methods often lead to significant accuracy degradation. This is primarily caused by channel-specific and sample-specific outliers. We propose RepAPQ, a novel framework that preserves the accuracy of quantized reparameterization models.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Model reparameterization is a widely accepted technique for improving inference speed without compromising performance. However, current Post-training Quantization (PTQ) methods often lead to significant accuracy degradation when applied to reparameterized models. This is primarily caused by channel-specific and sample-specific outliers, which appear only at specific samples and channels and impact on the selection of quantization parameters. To address this issue, we propose RepAPQ, a novel framework that preserves the accuracy of quantized reparameterization models. Different from previous frameworks using Mean Squared Error (MSE) as a measurement, we utilize Mean Absolute Error (MAE) to mitigate the influence of outliers on quantization parameters. Our framework comprises two main components: Quantization Protecting Reparameterization and Across-block Calibration. For effective calibration, Quantization Protecting Reparameterization combines multiple branches into a single convolution with an affine layer. During training, the affine layer accelerates convergence and amplifies the output of the convolution to better accommodate samples with outliers. Additionally, Across-block Calibration leverages the measurement of stage output as supervision to address the gradient problem introduced by MAE and enhance the interlayer correlation with quantization parameters. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of RepAPQ across various models and tasks. Our framework outperforms previous methods by approximately 1\% for 8-bit PTQ and 2\% for 6-bit PTQ, showcasing its superior performance. The code is available at \url{https://github.com/ilur98/DLMC-QUANT}.

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