nanoGPTJAX Author Plans Hardware-Specific Kernels and an NVFP4 Showcase
A_K_Nain · x · 2026-11-08
AKNain says nanoGPTJAX — originally a JAX replication of modded-nanogpt meant to show how easily JAX scales — will get major changes: the next updates push further on scaling demos, the codebase will be split into hardware-specific kernels, and an NVFP4 (4-bit float) use case is planned, though getting Blackwell access is proving difficult.
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