Core Insights - The latest model GLM-4.6 from the domestic AI startup Zhipu has been released, showcasing improvements in programming, long context handling, reasoning capabilities, information retrieval, writing skills, and agent applications [3] Model Enhancements - GLM-4.6 aligns its coding capabilities with Claude Sonnet 4 in public benchmarks and real programming tasks [3] - The context window has been increased from 128K to 200K, allowing for longer code and agent tasks [3] - The new model enhances reasoning abilities and supports tool invocation during reasoning processes [3] - There is an improvement in the model's tool invocation and search capabilities [3] Chip Integration - The "MoCore linkage" is a key focus of the new model, with GLM-4.6 achieving FP8+Int4 mixed quantization deployment on domestic Cambricon chips, marking the industry's first production of an FP8+Int4 model chip solution on domestic hardware [3] - This approach maintains accuracy while reducing inference costs, exploring feasible paths for localized operation of large models on domestic chips [3] Quantization Techniques - FP8 (Floating-Point 8) offers a wide dynamic range with minimal precision loss, while Int4 (Integer 4) provides high compression ratios with lower memory usage but more noticeable precision loss [4] - The "FP8+Int4 mixed" mode allocates quantization formats based on the functional differences of the model's modules, optimizing memory usage [4] Memory Efficiency - Core parameters of the large model, which account for 60%-80% of total memory, can be compressed to 1/4 of FP16 size through Int4 quantization, significantly reducing the memory pressure on chips [5] - Temporary dialogue data accumulated during inference can also be compressed using Int4 while keeping precision loss minimal [5] - FP8 is used for numerically sensitive modules to minimize precision loss and retain fine semantic information [5] Ecosystem Development - Cambricon and Moore Threads have successfully adapted GLM-4.6 based on the vLLM inference framework, demonstrating the capabilities of the new generation of GPUs to run the model stably at native FP8 precision [5] - This adaptation signifies that domestic GPUs are now capable of collaborating and iterating with cutting-edge large models, accelerating the development of a self-controlled AI technology ecosystem [5] - The combination of GLM-4.6 and domestic chips will be offered to enterprises and the public through the Zhipu MaaS platform [5]