Opt-GPTQ: An Optimized GPTQ Combining Sparse Attention and Quantization Techniques

Abstract: In the field of deep learning, traditional attention mechanisms face significant challenges related to high computational complexity and large memory consumption when processing long sequence data. To address these limitations, we propose Opt-GPTQ, an optimized Gradient-based Post Training Quantization (GPTQ) combining the Grouped Query Attention (GQA) mechanism with paging memory management, optimizing the traditional Multi-Head Attention (MHA) mechanism by grouping query heads and sharing key-value vectors. Optimized GQA (Opt-GQA) effectively reduces computational complexity, minimizes memory fragmentation, and enhances memory utilization for large-scale models. Opt-GPTQ is optimized for Data Center Units (DCUs) and integrated into the vLLM model to maximize hardware efficiency. It customizes GPU kernels to further enhance attention computation by reducing memory access latency and boosting parallel computing capabilities. Opt-GQA integrates Attention with Linear Biases (ALiBi) to reduce overhead and enhance long-sequence processing. Experimental results show that Opt?GPTQ significantly reduces computation time and memory usage while improving model performance.