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SpectraAdamw
SpectraAdamw is an optimizer that cuts Large Language Model fine-tuning memory overhead by half.
SpectraAdamw is a hybrid optimizer designed to decrease the memory footprint of fine-tuning Large Language Models on consumer hardware. It tackles the primary memory bottleneck of standard AdamW, which requires storing massive momentum and variance state tensors. The method utilizes factorized variance approximations to decompose the second moment into row and column means for two-dimensional weight matrices. Additionally, it features a frequency-domain momentum compression approach using a Fast Fourier Transform in a C++ backend to isolate high-energy signals from noise. The Python proof of concept acts as a one-line drop-in replacement for PyTorch optimizers during closed beta research.
SpectraAdamw at a glance
Key features
- Cuts optimizer state overhead by fifty percent
- Factorized variance approximation for weight matrices
- Frequency-domain momentum compression via Fast Fourier Transform
- Python proof of concept drop-in replacement for PyTorch
- Proprietary C++ CUDA backend in closed development
- Reconstructed variance via scalar multiplication
Use it for
- Fine-tuning Large Language Models on consumer hardware
- Reducing VRAM usage during model training
- Testing factorized variance math in a Python environment
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