Why it matters

FT optim shapes fine-tuning feasibility. Understanding shapes design.

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The architecture

PEFT for parameter efficiency.

FSDP for memory sharding.

Activation checkpointing.

FP8 optim states.

FT optim layersPEFT (LoRA/QLoRA)adapter-basedFSDP + checkpointmemory reductionFP8 optimfurther savingsQLoRA + FSDP + checkpoint = fit 70B on single 48GB GPU or small cluster
FT optim.
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How it works end to end

PEFT library + bitsandbytes + FSDP.

Combine techniques.

Torch Lightning + Axolotl + Unsloth for ergonomics.