modelsAug 21
Improving Hugging Face Training Efficiency Through Packing with Flash Attention 2
Hugging Face implemented packing with Flash Attention 2 to improve training efficiency. This technique reduces memory usage and speeds up training. You can now train larger models with the same resources. The update benefits builders working with large language models.
Key takeaways
- Packing with Flash Attention 2 reduces memory usage.
- Training speed increased with same resources.
- Larger models trainable with same resources.