Add CUDA kernel support for 4-bit quantization with blocksize=32#1854
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Description
Implements specialized CUDA kernel to support blocksize=32 for 4-bit quantization (FP4/NF4), addressing feature request in #986.
Smaller block sizes provide better quantization accuracy by computing separate scaling factors for smaller groups of values, reducing quantization error at the cost of slightly increased metadata overhead.
Key Changes
New quantization kernel (
kQuantizeBlockwise32):Dequantization: Reuses existing generic kernel with proper dual-scale lookup
Testing: Extended test suites in
test_functional.py,test_linear4bit.pyandtests/test_ops.pyQuick comparaison
Test configuration: float16, CUDA, averaged over 1000 runs per shape
FP4 Quantization Error Comparison
NF4 Quantization Error Comparison