How to Prune and Distill Llama-3.1 8B to an NVIDIA Llama-3.1-Minitron 4B Model | NVIDIA Technical Blog

How to Prune and Distill Llama-3.1 8B to an NVIDIA Llama-3.1-Minitron 4B Model Large language models (LLM) are now a dominant force in natural language processing and understanding, thanks to their effectiveness and versatility. LLMs such as Llama 3.1 405B and NVIDIA Nemotron-4 340B excel in many challenging tasks, including coding, reasoning, and math. They are, however, resource-intensive to dep