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library_name: transformers
tags:
- bitnet
- falcon3
base_model: tiiuae/Falcon3-1B-Instruct
license: other
license_name: falcon-llm-license
license_link: https://falconllm.tii.ae/falcon-terms-and-conditions.html
---

# Model Card for Falcon3-1B-Instruct-1.58bit-q2b0

### Falcon3-1B-1.58 Models

The **Falcon3-1B-1.58bit-q2b0** is a quantized version of **Falcon3-1B-Instruct**, leveraging the **q2b0 quantization method** from Candle. This enables extreme compression while maintaining strong performance across various NLP tasks.

## Model Details

### Model Sources

- **Repository:** [tiiuae/Falcon3-1B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/tiiuae/Falcon3-1B-Instruct)
- **Quantization PR:** [Candle q2b0 Quantization](https://github.com/huggingface/candle/pull/2683)

## Quantization Details

The model has been quantized using the **q2b0** method from Candle. This approach reduces model size significantly while preserving performance. For more details on this quantization technique, refer to the [Candle PR #2683](https://github.com/huggingface/candle/pull/2683).

## Training Details

For details on the dataset and training process, refer to the original [Falcon3-1B-Instruct repository](https://huggingface.co/tiiuae/Falcon3-1B-Instruct).

## License

This model is licensed under the [Falcon LLM License](https://falconllm.tii.ae/falcon-terms-and-conditions.html).

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For additional information or questions, please refer to the main [Falcon3-1B-Instruct repository](https://huggingface.co/tiiuae/Falcon3-1B-Instruct).