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Low-rank factorization

Low-rankReference

SVD of weight matrices; LoRA adapters, or a low-rank error term paired with quant (SVDQuant, EoRA).

Relieves
Capacity
Targets
Weights
Format
Low-rank factors (rank r)
Granularity
SVD of weight matrices
Lifecycle
PTQ · no gradients
Calibration
Small calibration set
Compression
Modest standalone; a hybrid enabler
Quality
Often a low-rank term that absorbs quant error
Hardware
None special
Runtimes
vLLMTransformers

A worked Spark recipe for this method hasn't been written yet — it lives here as a reference point in the ontology.