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AutoEMatic: Runtime-Adaptive Mixed-Precision LLM Inference via Automatic Exponent-Mantissa Refinement
Publication: cs.AI updates on arXiv.org
Author: Akshat Ramachandran, Reena Elangovan, Rangharajan Venkatesan, Charbel Sakr, Tijmen Blankevoort, Brucek Khailany, Tushar Krishna
Source published: 10/11/2026, 05:00:00 UTC
Briefing created: 10/11/2026, 10:19:43 UTC
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Briefings
AutoEMatic is a runtime-adaptive system that dynamically adjusts LLM inference precision using entropy and update magnitude signals. It achieves up to 21.7% higher accuracy on reasoning benchmarks compared to fixed-precision NVFP4 while maintaining 90-98% decode throughput on GB300 GPUs. The system utilizes AutoFP, a multi-scale format derived from a single NVFP4 base, to optimize both accuracy and latency.
Key points
- AutoEMatic uses two runtime signals—entropy of the next-token distribution and the magnitude of layer updates—to select precision dynamically at every inference step.
- The system improves accuracy by up to 21.7% over NVFP4 on reasoning benchmarks while matching group-scaled FP6 accuracy on most benchmarks.
Context
This research addresses the challenge of varying model precision requirements across prompts and inference phases, proposing a full-stack co-design for runtime adaptation.
Limitations
Performance data is limited to GB300 GPUs; latency and energy savings are reported relative to an NVFP4-only accelerator baseline at iso-accuracy.
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