2 papers
cs.LG2026
SlideSparse: Fast and Flexible (2N-2):2N Structured Sparsity
Hanyong Shao, Yingbo Hao, Ting Song +10
NVIDIA's 2:4 Sparse Tensor Cores deliver 2x throughput but demand strict 50% pruning -- a ratio that collapses LLM reasoning accuracy (Qwen3: 54% to 15%). Milder patter…
cs.CL2026
Sparse-BitNet: 1.58-bit LLMs are Naturally Friendly to Semi-Structured Sparsity
Di Zhang, Xun Wu, Shaohan Huang +9
Semi-structured N:M sparsity and low-bit quantization (e.g., 1.58-bit BitNet) are two promising approaches for improving the efficiency of large language models (LLMs), yet they ha…