DIFFUSIONGEMMA: 4X FASTER TEXT GENERATION

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DiffusionGemma, a 26B Mixture of Experts model, uses text diffusion for faster text generation, offering up to 4x speed increase on GPUs by generating text blocks simultaneously. It targets speed-critical applications, providing advantages like low latency and bi-directional attention, and fits in high-end consumer GPUs when quantized. While it trades some quality for speed compared to standard models, it allows for efficient local inference and is optimized for NVIDIA hardware.