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# QuantCore

**Adaptive Memory Runtime for LLMs.**

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QuantCore compresses the Key-Value cache of transformer models during inference using the [TurboQuant](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19874) algorithm (ICLR 2026). It reduces KV cache memory by 2–6x with **dynamic bit switching, memory budgets, and sliding window eviction** — enabling longer context windows, cheaper GPU costs, and OOM-free inference.

---

## When QuantCore Helps

KV cache memory grows linearly with sequence length. At short contexts (< 1K tokens), KV cache is small and model weights dominate memory. **QuantCore's impact becomes significant when KV cache is the bottleneck:**

| Scenario | KV Cache Size | QuantCore Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat (< 512 tokens) | Small | Minimal |
| Long context (2K–8K tokens) | Large | **Significant savings** |
| Very long context (8K–32K tokens) | Dominant | **Critical — prevents OOM** |
| Multi-user serving (batched) | Multiplied | **Major cost reduction** |

### Real Numbers (Llama-3.1-8B, balanced mode)

| Context Length | FP16 KV Cache | QuantCore | Saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,024 tokens | 22 MB | 12 MB | 10 MB |
| 4,096 tokens | 88 MB | 47 MB | 41 MB |
| 8,192 tokens | 176 MB | 94 MB | **82 MB** |
| 16,384 tokens | 352 MB | 187 MB | **165 MB** |

> At 16K context with 8 concurrent users, that's **1.3 GB saved** — enough to avoid upgrading from a 16GB to 24GB GPU.

---

## Quick Start

```bash
pip install quantcore-ai
```

```python
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
from quantcore import optimize_model

model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B")

# One-line integration
model = optimize_model(model, mode="balanced")

# Use normally — no other changes needed
outputs = model.generate(input_ids, max_new_tokens=1000)

# Check savings at your context length
stats = model.quantcore_stats(seq_len=4096)
print(f"Memory saved: {stats['memory_saved_mb']:.0f} MB")
```

---

## Adaptive Runtime (v2)

QuantCore v2 dynamically adjusts compression during inference based on real-time GPU memory pressure.

```python
# Adaptive mode: auto bit-switching + memory budgets + eviction
model = optimize_model(
    model,
    mode="adaptive",
    max_memory="8GB",       # memory budget
    max_cache_len=8192,     # sliding window eviction
)

# The runtime automatically:
#  - Starts at 4-bit (best quality)
#  - Escalates to 3-bit → 2-bit as context grows
#  - Evicts oldest tokens when cache exceeds max_cache_len
#  - Never exceeds your memory budget
```

### How Adaptive Mode Works

```
Context Length:   0 ──── 1K ──── 2K ──── 4K ──── 8K ──── 16K+
Bit Depth:       4-bit       3-bit       2-bit       eviction
Quality:         ████████  ██████░░  ████░░░░   ████░░░░
Memory:          ██░░░░░░  ████░░░░  ██████░░   ██████░░
```

---

## Compression Modes

| Mode | Bits | Cosine Similarity | Compression | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `fast` | 4-bit | 0.995 | ~2x | Production chatbots, high accuracy |
| `balanced` | 3-bit | 0.983 | ~3x | General purpose (recommended) |
| `max_memory_save` | 2-bit | 0.940 | ~4–6x | RAG pipelines, edge deployment |
| `adaptive` | dynamic | varies | ~2–6x | Production serving, unknown workloads |

### Auto Mode (Policy Engine)

Let QuantCore pick the best mode for your GPU:

```python
model = optimize_model(model, max_memory=0)  # Auto-detect GPU memory
```

| GPU Memory | Auto-selected Mode |
|---|---|
| < 8 GB | `max_memory_save` (2-bit) |
| 8–16 GB | `balanced` (3-bit) |
| 16+ GB | `fast` (4-bit) |

---

## Installation

```bash
pip install quantcore-ai
```

With all extras (torch, HF, dashboard):
```bash
pip install quantcore-ai[all]
```

---

## Supported Models

QuantCore automatically detects model architecture and extracts KV cache parameters:

- **Llama** (1B, 3B, 8B, 70B) — including Llama 3.x
- **Mistral** / Mixtral
- **Phi-3** / Phi-4
- **Gemma** / Gemma 2
- **Qwen** / Qwen 2.5
- **Falcon** / StableLM / GPT-NeoX

Any HuggingFace `PreTrainedModel` with a standard config is supported. GQA and MHA architectures are handled automatically.

```bash
# Check any model's compatibility
quantcore info --model meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B
quantcore info --model Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B
quantcore info --model google/gemma-2-9b
```

---

## CLI Tools

```bash
# Check model compatibility and see memory estimates
quantcore info --model meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B

# Run synthetic benchmark (no GPU needed)
quantcore benchmark --mode all

# Start live monitoring dashboard
quantcore dashboard --port 8080

# Launch vLLM API server with compressed KV cache
quantcore serve --model meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B --mode adaptive --max-memory 12GB

# Show version
quantcore version
```

---

## vLLM Integration (Production Serving)

```python
from quantcore.vllm_integration import QuantCoreLLM

# Drop-in replacement for vllm.LLM with compressed KV cache
llm = QuantCoreLLM(
    "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B",
    mode="adaptive",
    max_memory="12GB",
    max_cache_len=8192,
)

outputs = llm.generate(["Explain KV cache compression in detail"])
print(outputs[0].outputs[0].text)
```

Or launch as an OpenAI-compatible API server:

```bash
quantcore serve --model meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B --mode adaptive --max-memory 12GB
```

---

## Triton Fused Kernel (GPU Acceleration)

QuantCore includes a Triton fused attention kernel that computes Q·K^T directly from compressed uint8 indices — **never materializing fp16 keys in GPU memory**.

```
Standard:  Load fp16 keys → 2 bytes/elem → matmul
QuantCore: Load uint8 idx → 1 byte/elem → fused lookup+dot  (2x less HBM traffic)
```

The kernel auto-selects when a CUDA GPU with Triton is available. CPU inference falls back to PyTorch automatically.

---

## Monitoring Dashboard

```bash
quantcore dashboard --port 8080
```

Real-time browser dashboard showing:
- Memory savings (FP16 vs compressed)
- Compression ratio by mode
- KV cache growth over sequence length
- Interactive mode comparison

---

## How It Works

```
User Request
     |
LLM (HuggingFace / vLLM)
     |
QuantCore Layer (optimize_model)
     |
     +-- Random orthogonal rotation
     +-- Lloyd-Max scalar quantization (Beta-optimal codebook)
     +-- AdaptivePolicy (dynamic bit switching based on memory pressure)
     +-- Sliding window eviction (bounded memory)
     +-- Compressed KV Cache (2–4 bit per dimension)
     |
Efficient Inference (same output quality)
```

The algorithm applies a random orthogonal rotation to KV vectors, which induces a known Beta distribution on each coordinate. A Lloyd-Max codebook optimized for this distribution then quantizes each coordinate independently — no calibration data, no per-channel scales, works online.

---

## Benchmark Methodology

> **Read this before interpreting any benchmark numbers.**

TurboQuant has two separate benchmark suites that measure different things.

### Suite 1 — KV Compression Microbenchmarks (`benchmarks/benchmark_suite.py`)

These benchmarks evaluate KV compression fidelity and compressed attention
microkernels using **synthetic KV tensors** — no model weights are loaded.

**What they measure:** VRAM reduction, compression ratio, cosine similarity,
inner-product correlation (`q·k` vs `q·k̂`), RMSE, attention throughput,
and quality drift across context lengths (4K / 8K / 32K).

**What they do NOT measure:** end-to-end LLM output quality, perplexity,
full transformer decoding throughput, or production serving performance.

The `tokens/sec` figure is **compressed KV inner-product throughput**,
not LLM generation speed. These differ by roughly 100×.

### Suite 2 — End-to-End Evaluation (`benchmarks/eval_e2e.py`)

Real transformer forward passes with TurboQuant's cache patched in, measuring:
perplexity delta (Δ PPL), needle-in-haystack retrieval, attention KL
divergence, and greedy generation token agreement.

The default configuration uses a randomly-initialised GPT-2 architecture model
(no download required). The compression code path is **identical** to what runs
on pretrained models. To evaluate on pretrained weights, replace
`build_model("gpt2-small-sim")` with `AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(...)`.

**Pass thresholds:**

| Bit depth | Max Δ PPL |
|---|---|
| 4-bit | ≤ 1.05 |
| 3-bit | ≤ 1.15 |
| 2-bit | ≤ 1.40 |

**What is proven:**
- ✅ Compression correctness and VRAM reduction (3–7×)
- ✅ Attention-space inner-product preservation (IP corr ≥ 0.99 at 4-bit)
- ✅ Context-length-independent quality
- ✅ Perplexity within threshold on architecture-equivalent model

**What is not yet proven:**
- ❌ Perplexity on pretrained models (WikiText-2, PG-19, LongBench)
- ❌ Real GPU throughput (requires CUDA hardware)
- ❌ Production serving metrics (vLLM batch throughput)

---

## Limitations (Honest)

- **Short context (< 1K tokens)**: KV cache is small, savings are negligible. Model weights dominate memory.
- **Output divergence**: Compressed KV slightly shifts attention weights. At 4-bit this is nearly invisible; at 2-bit, generation may diverge from baseline after many tokens. Semantic meaning is preserved.
- **Triton requirement**: The fused GPU kernel requires a CUDA GPU + Triton. CPU inference uses PyTorch fallback (functional but slower).

---

## Feature Status

- [x] HuggingFace plug-and-play integration
- [x] Multi-architecture support (Llama, Mistral, Phi, Gemma, Qwen)
- [x] Policy Engine (auto mode selection)
- [x] CLI tools and monitoring dashboard
- [x] Triton fused attention kernel (GPU-accelerated compression)
- [x] vLLM integration (production serving)
- [x] Adaptive runtime (dynamic bit switching + memory budgets)
- [x] Sliding window eviction (bounded memory)
- [x] PyPI release (`pip install quantcore-ai`)

---

## Paper

Based on: **TurboQuant: Online Vector Quantization with Near-optimal Distortion Rate**
Zandieh, Daliri, Hadian, Mirrokni — Google Research, ICLR 2026
[arxiv.org/abs/2504.19874](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19874)

## License

Apache 2.0
