Large Language Models (LLMs) are versatile and can be fine-tuned with parameter-efficient adapters like Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for efficient adaptation to downstream tasks.
Deploying fine-tuned LLMs on multi-tenant edge devices can reduce latency, enhance privacy, and provide personalized responses but poses challenges in efficient serving due to adapter complexity and memory overhead.
A new system called EdgeLoRA addresses these challenges by introducing adaptive adapter selection, heterogeneous memory management, and batch LoRA inference, resulting in significant improvements in latency and throughput over existing methods.
EdgeLoRA shows up to a 4 times increase in throughput and the ability to handle multiple adapters simultaneously, indicating its potential to enhance LLM edge deployment in multi-tenant environments.