Sebastian Raschka • 3/28/2023

Finetuning Large Language Models On A Single GPU Using Gradient Accumulation

This technical tutorial explains how to finetune large language models like BLOOM for text classification on a single GPU using gradient accumulation. It addresses GPU memory constraints by accumulating gradients over multiple batches before updating model weights, enabling effective training with limited hardware resources. Includes practical code examples using PyTorch and Hugging Face transformers.

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#large language models #Transformers #Gradient Accumulation