microsoft / microsoft/BitNet

Converting existing models

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Description

Amazing work and fantastic resource, thanks for sharing your work - this should jump start usage of llm on low resource devices.

Quick question - is there a guide to convert existing models to bitnet compliant format?!

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Research direction

Review the existing BitNet documentation and model-conversion entry points to determine whether a guide for converting existing models already exists. Define the documentation scope and identify the expected BitNet-compliant output before making a change; the issue names no file or test to run.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, machine-learning
Domain
documentation, machine-learning
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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