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Generalizing Scaling Laws for Dense and Sparse Large Language Models

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  • Haebom

Author

Md Arafat Hossain, Xingfu Wu, Valerie Taylor, Ali Jannesari

Outline

This paper highlights that as the training cost of large-scale language models (LLMs) exponentially increases, new techniques are being developed to improve training efficiency. However, predicting optimal model size and allocating resources remains a challenging task. Most existing scaling laws are specialized for dense or sparse architectures. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a generalized scaling law applicable to both dense and sparse LLMs and demonstrate its effectiveness through comparative evaluation with existing scaling laws.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways: A generalized scaling law applicable to both dense and sparse LLMs is presented, contributing to efficient allocation of LLM training resources and prediction of optimal model sizes. It provides a comprehensive understanding of various architectures.
Limitations: The performance of the proposed generalized scaling law requires further experimental validation across various architectures and datasets. Further research is needed to determine its applicability and generalization performance in real-world LLM training environments. Existing specialized scaling laws may perform better on specific architectures or datasets.
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