Deep learning network has been computational intensive and memory intensive
Deep learning network has been computational intensive and memory intensive
which increases the difficulty of deploying deep neural network model. Quantization is a
which increases the difficulty of deploying deep neural network model. Quantization is a
fundamental technology which is widely used to reduce memory footprint and speedup inference
fundamental technology which is widely used to reduce memory footprint and speedup inference
process. Many frameworks begin to support quantization, but few of them support mixed precision
process. Many frameworks begin to support quantization, but few of them support mixed precision
quantization and get real speedup. Frameworks like `HAQ: Hardware-Aware Automated Quantization with Mixed Precision <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.08886.pdf>`__\, only support simulated mixed precision quantization which will
quantization and get real speedup. Frameworks like `HAQ: Hardware-Aware Automated Quantization with Mixed Precision <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.08886.pdf>`__\, only support simulated mixed precision quantization which will
not speedup the inference process. To get real speedup of mixed precision quantization and
not speedup the inference process. To get real speedup of mixed precision quantization and
help people get the real feedback from hardware, we design a general framework with simple interface to allow NNI quantization algorithms to connect different
help people get the real feedback from hardware, we design a general framework with simple interface to allow NNI quantization algorithms to connect different
DL model optimization backends (e.g., TensorRT, NNFusion), which gives users an end-to-end experience that after quantizing their model
DL model optimization backends (e.g., TensorRT, NNFusion), which gives users an end-to-end experience that after quantizing their model
with quantization algorithms, the quantized model can be directly speeded up with the connected optimization backend. NNI connects
with quantization algorithms, the quantized model can be directly speeded up with the connected optimization backend. NNI connects