Equation 22 · Part 1 · The Real Economics of Shipping a Model to a Device
Symbol Q^*_device
What this part means
evice is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
evice is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
The equation also explains something the variant-matrix section set up: rises with every additional tier, chip target and quantization scheme a release has to validate, which means rises too. A feature built once and validated across three device tiers has a lower bar to clear than the same feature validated across six, holding query volume constant. This is a real, and rarely stated, reason product teams should expect on-device placement to make sense…
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