bluelm

BlueLM

In this directory, you will find examples on how you could apply IPEX-LLM INT4 optimizations on BlueLM models. For illustration purposes, we utilize the vivo-ai/BlueLM-7B-Chat as a reference BlueLM model.

0. Requirements

To run these examples with IPEX-LLM, we have some recommended requirements for your machine, please refer to here for more information.

Example: Predict Tokens using generate() API

In the example generate.py, we show a basic use case for a BlueLM model to predict the next N tokens using generate() API, with IPEX-LLM INT4 optimizations.

1. Install

We suggest using conda to manage environment:

On Linux:

conda create -n llm python=3.11 # recommend to use Python 3.11
conda activate llm

# install the latest ipex-llm nightly build with 'all' option
pip install --pre --upgrade ipex-llm[all] --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu

On Windows:

conda create -n llm python=3.11
conda activate llm

pip install --pre --upgrade ipex-llm[all]

2. Run

python ./generate.py --repo-id-or-model-path REPO_ID_OR_MODEL_PATH --prompt PROMPT --n-predict N_PREDICT

Arguments info:

• --repo-id-or-model-path REPO_ID_OR_MODEL_PATH: argument defining the huggingface repo id for the BlueLM model to be downloaded, or the path to the huggingface checkpoint folder. It is default to be 'vivo-ai/BlueLM-7B-Chat'.
• --prompt PROMPT: argument defining the prompt to be infered (with integrated prompt format for chat). It is default to be 'AI是什么？'.
• --n-predict N_PREDICT: argument defining the max number of tokens to predict. It is default to be 32.

Note: When loading the model in 4-bit, IPEX-LLM converts linear layers in the model into INT4 format. In theory, a XB model saved in 16-bit will requires approximately 2X GB of memory for loading, and ~0.5X GB memory for further inference.

Please select the appropriate size of the BlueLM model based on the capabilities of your machine.

2.1 Client

On client Windows machine, it is recommended to run directly with full utilization of all cores:

python ./generate.py 

2.2 Server

For optimal performance on server, it is recommended to set several environment variables (refer to here for more information), and run the example with all the physical cores of a single socket.

E.g. on Linux,

# set IPEX-LLM env variables
source ipex-llm-init

# e.g. for a server with 48 cores per socket
export OMP_NUM_THREADS=48
numactl -C 0-47 -m 0 python ./generate.py

2.3 Sample Output

vivo-ai/BlueLM-7B-Chat

Inference time: xxxx s
-------------------- Prompt --------------------
[|Human|]:AI是什么？[|AI|]:
-------------------- Output --------------------
AI是什么？ AI是人工智能（Artificial Intelligence）的缩写，是一种模拟人类智能思维过程的技术。它可以让计算机系统通过学习和适应，自主地完成各种任务，

Inference time: xxxx s
-------------------- Prompt --------------------
[|Human|]:What is AI?[|AI|]:
-------------------- Output --------------------
What is AI? AI is an AI, or artificial intelligence, that can be defined as the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.

AI is not