Deepseek-VL-1.3b-chat-4bit

Overview

Deepseek-VL-1.3b-chat-4bit is a state-of-the-art multimodal model that combines visual and linguistic processing capabilities. It has been optimized for efficient performance by quantizing the model to 4 bits, significantly reducing its size while maintaining high performance.

Model Details

• Model Type: Multimodal Causal Language Model
• Base Model Size: 1.3 billion parameters
• Quantized Size: Approximately 1.72 GB (from the original size)
• Files Included:
  • config.json: Model configuration file.
  • model.safetensors: The quantized model weights.
  • preprocessor_config.json: Configuration for the preprocessor.
  • processor_config.json: Configuration for the processor.
  • special_tokens_map.json: Mapping for special tokens used in the tokenizer.
  • tokenizer.json: Tokenizer configuration.
  • tokenizer_config.json: Additional tokenizer settings.

Quantization

Quantization is a technique used to reduce the model size and improve inference speed by using lower precision arithmetic. In this case, the model was quantized to 4 bits, which means it utilizes 4 bits to represent each weight instead of the typical 16 or 32 bits. This results in:

• Size Reduction: The model size has been reduced from several gigabytes to approximately 1.72 GB.
• Performance: The quantized model maintains a high level of accuracy and efficiency, making it suitable for deployment in environments with limited resources.

Installation

To use the Deepseek-VL-1.3b-chat-4bit model, follow these steps:

1. Install the Required Libraries:

   pip install transformers huggingface-hub