The weights are in SRAM, so the LLM architecture is burned in but the weights can be updated.
replyTaalas only uses SRAM for the KV cache and the activations, the weights are in mask rom in the metal layers.
replyIf they designed this right, it means that once they have a model, so long as they keep the hyperparameters fixed they can change the weights much faster than it takes to spin up a completely new chip, essentially at a cost of doing a minor revision.
Is the mask ROM really going to be worth it over Carmack's high-bandwidth-flash concept? I mean, sure, I could be convinced I guess, but it's not obvious.
replyNo the weights are in the metal layers, they cannot be updated.
replyThe base weights can't be updated but from what I recall it allows adding a low rank adapter to customize the model a little bit.
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