Exploring Ternary Decomposition as an Alternative to Quantization
LMTLS5 · reddit · 2026-07-16
The core of this post is a new paper exploring the use of ternary decomposition to replace traditional quantization.
Key Findings
- The method performs comparably to q4km.
- The tradeoff is slightly higher VRAM usage.
- However, its advantages are:
- It is fully ternary, diverging from the standard quantization path;
- It is completely PTQ, requiring no QAT.
The post includes a link to the paper, framing it as a research-oriented empirical result. The main takeaway is that without requiring quantization-aware training, ternary decomposition can achieve performance close to low-bit quantization.
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