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Assisted Generation feature

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enhancement
Dominant language
C++
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Description

Assisted Generation feature from https://huggingface.co/blog/assisted-generation

Seems improve a lot on quantized inference latency

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Read the linked Hugging Face Assisted Generation article first, then inspect CTranslate2's quantized inference path to determine where the feature would fit. Clarify the supported scope and how latency improvement will be measured; done means Assisted Generation is implemented for the agreed quantized inference cases with improved latency.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, huggingface
Domain
machine-learning, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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