Post-Training Non-Uniform Quantization for Convolutional Neural Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.07391v1
• Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:33:58 GMT
• Title: Post-Training Non-Uniform Quantization for Convolutional Neural Networks
• Authors: Ahmed Luqman, Khuzemah Qazi, Imdadullah Khan,
• Abstract summary: Quantization is a technique that aims to alleviate large storage requirements and speed up the inference process. In this paper, we introduce a novel post-training quantization method for model weights. Our method finds optimal clipping thresholds and scaling factors along with mathematical guarantees that our method minimizes quantization noise.
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• Abstract: Despite the success of CNN models on a variety of Image classification and segmentation tasks, their extensive computational and storage demands pose considerable challenges for real-world deployment on resource constrained devices. Quantization is one technique that aims to alleviate these large storage requirements and speed up the inference process by reducing the precision of model parameters to lower-bit representations. In this paper, we introduce a novel post-training quantization method for model weights. Our method finds optimal clipping thresholds and scaling factors along with mathematical guarantees that our method minimizes quantization noise. Empirical results on Real World Datasets demonstrate that our quantization scheme significantly reduces model size and computational requirements while preserving model accuracy.

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