Text Generation
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chipformer
chip-8
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Instructions to use divagr1925/chipformer with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use divagr1925/chipformer with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="divagr1925/chipformer", trust_remote_code=True)# pip install -U transformers accelerate # Load model directly from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("divagr1925/chipformer", trust_remote_code=True, device_map="auto") - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- vLLM
How to use divagr1925/chipformer with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "divagr1925/chipformer" # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "divagr1925/chipformer", "prompt": "Once upon a time,", "max_tokens": 512, "temperature": 0.5 }'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/divagr1925/chipformer
- SGLang
How to use divagr1925/chipformer with SGLang:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install SGLang from pip: pip install sglang # Start the SGLang server: python3 -m sglang.launch_server \ --model-path "divagr1925/chipformer" \ --host 0.0.0.0 \ --port 30000 # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "divagr1925/chipformer", "prompt": "Once upon a time,", "max_tokens": 512, "temperature": 0.5 }'Use Docker images
docker run --gpus all \ --shm-size 32g \ -p 30000:30000 \ -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \ --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \ --ipc=host \ lmsysorg/sglang:latest \ python3 -m sglang.launch_server \ --model-path "divagr1925/chipformer" \ --host 0.0.0.0 \ --port 30000 # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "divagr1925/chipformer", "prompt": "Once upon a time,", "max_tokens": 512, "temperature": 0.5 }' - Docker Model Runner
How to use divagr1925/chipformer with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/divagr1925/chipformer
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The network is ordinary: token embedding plus a position embedding from [t, t^2], causal
softmax attention heads with residual connections, ReGLU feed-forward layers and a linear
unembedding, all in float64, with no normalization. Nothing about CHIP-8 is in this file
except the host loop at the bottom (ChipformerGame), which only feeds the boot prompt,
injects TICK and key tokens, and reads the screen back from the model's own writes.
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("divagr1925/chipformer", trust_remote_code=True,
dtype=torch.float64)
game = model.play(open("tetris.ch8", "rb").read(), quirks="shift,loadstore,clip,jump", ipf=15)
for _ in range(60):
game.frame()
print(game.ascii())
"""
import warnings
from dataclasses import dataclass
from pathlib import Path
import torch
from torch import nn
from transformers import PreTrainedModel
from transformers.modeling_outputs import CausalLMOutputWithPast
from .configuration_chipformer import ChipformerConfig
SPARSE_MIN = 100_000 # weights; smaller matrices stay dense
class ChipformerCache:
"""Keys and values per layer, shaped (batch, heads, positions, width), plus the length.
Buffers grow by doubling, so appending one token costs O(1) amortized.
"""
def __init__(self):
self.kv: dict[int, list[torch.Tensor]] = {}
self.length = 0
def get_seq_length(self, layer_idx: int = 0) -> int:
return self.length
def append(self, li: int, k: torch.Tensor, v: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
"""Store a layer's new keys/values; returns all keys and values so far."""
start, n = self.length, k.shape[-2]
if li not in self.kv:
cap = max(1024, 2 * n)
self.kv[li] = [x.new_zeros(*x.shape[:-2], cap, x.shape[-1]) for x in (k, v)]
buf = self.kv[li]
if start + n > buf[0].shape[-2]:
cap = max(2 * buf[0].shape[-2], start + n)
for j, old in enumerate(buf):
buf[j] = old.new_zeros(*old.shape[:-2], cap, old.shape[-1])
buf[j][..., :start, :] = old[..., :start, :]
buf[0][..., start:start + n, :] = k
buf[1][..., start:start + n, :] = v
return buf[0][..., :start + n, :], buf[1][..., :start + n, :]
class ChipformerHead(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, d: int, qk: int, v: int):
super().__init__()
self.wq = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(qk, d, dtype=torch.float64))
self.wk = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(qk, d, dtype=torch.float64))
self.wv = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(v, d, dtype=torch.float64))
self.wo = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(d, v, dtype=torch.float64))
class ChipformerFFN(nn.Module):
"""ReGLU: w_down (relu(w_gate x) * (w_up x))."""
def __init__(self, d: int, units: int):
super().__init__()
self.w_gate = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(units, d, dtype=torch.float64))
self.w_up = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(units, d, dtype=torch.float64))
self.w_down = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(d, units, dtype=torch.float64))
class ChipformerLayer(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, d: int, spec: dict):
super().__init__()
self.attn = nn.ModuleList(ChipformerHead(d, qk, v) for qk, v in spec["heads"])
self.ffn = ChipformerFFN(d, spec["ffn_units"])
class ChipformerEmbedding(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, vocab: int, d: int):
super().__init__()
self.token = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(vocab, d, dtype=torch.float64))
self.pos_poly = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(d, 2, dtype=torch.float64))
class ChipformerPreTrainedModel(PreTrainedModel):
config_class = ChipformerConfig
base_model_prefix = "chipformer"
_supports_cache_class = False
def _init_weights(self, module):
pass # every weight comes from the checkpoint; there is nothing to initialize
class ChipformerForCausalLM(ChipformerPreTrainedModel):
def __init__(self, config: ChipformerConfig):
super().__init__(config)
d = config.d_model
self.embed = ChipformerEmbedding(config.vocab_size, d)
self.layers = nn.ModuleList(ChipformerLayer(d, s) for s in config.layers)
self.unembed = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(config.vocab_size, d, dtype=torch.float64))
self._csr: dict[str, torch.Tensor] | None = None
self._fused: list[tuple[torch.Tensor, ...]] | None = None
self.post_init()
def sparse(self, enable: bool = True) -> "ChipformerForCausalLM":
"""Multiply by sparse (CSR) copies of the feed-forward and unembedding matrices.
Only 0.4% of the weights are nonzero, and the dense feed-forward matrices are most of
the 259 MB that every decoded token otherwise reads. The arithmetic is exact either
way (the circuits only produce values float64 represents exactly), so the outputs
are identical.
"""
if not enable:
self._csr = None
return self
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter("ignore") # "sparse CSR support is in beta"
# small matrices are faster dense; only the big ones are worth a sparse kernel
self._csr = {name: p.detach().to_sparse_csr() for name, p in self.named_parameters()
if (".ffn." in name or name == "unembed") and p.numel() >= SPARSE_MIN}
return self
def _lin(self, x: torch.Tensor, w: torch.Tensor, name: str) -> torch.Tensor:
"""x @ w.T, through the sparse copy when enabled."""
m = None if self._csr is None else self._csr.get(name)
if m is None:
return x @ w.T
y = m @ x.reshape(-1, x.shape[-1]).T
return y.T.reshape(*x.shape[:-1], m.shape[0])
def _heads(self, li: int) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, ...] | None:
"""A layer's heads stacked into (heads, width, d) tensors, zero-padded to one width.
Padding adds exact zeros, so this is the same computation as running each head alone.
Built on first use; call ``refresh()`` after changing the weights in place.
"""
if self._fused is None:
self._fused = []
for layer in self.layers:
if not len(layer.attn):
self._fused.append(None)
continue
qk = max(h.wq.shape[0] for h in layer.attn)
vd = max(h.wv.shape[0] for h in layer.attn)
def stack(ws, width):
return torch.stack([nn.functional.pad(w.detach(), (0, 0, 0, width - w.shape[0]))
for w in ws])
self._fused.append((
stack([h.wq for h in layer.attn], qk), stack([h.wk for h in layer.attn], qk),
stack([h.wv for h in layer.attn], vd),
stack([h.wo.T for h in layer.attn], vd).transpose(-1, -2)))
return self._fused[li]
def refresh(self) -> None:
"""Rebuild the stacked/sparse copies after editing weights in place."""
self._fused = None
if self._csr is not None:
self.sparse()
def get_input_embeddings(self):
return None
def _attend(self, q, k, v, start: int) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Causal softmax attention; query i sits at position start + i, key j at position j."""
s = q @ k.transpose(-1, -2)
n, total = s.shape[-2], s.shape[-1]
if n > 1:
qpos = torch.arange(start, start + n, device=s.device)[:, None]
s = s.masked_fill(torch.arange(total, device=s.device)[None, :] > qpos, float("-inf"))
s = s - s.amax(-1, keepdim=True)
p = torch.exp(self.config.beta * s)
return (p / p.sum(-1, keepdim=True)) @ v
def forward(self, input_ids: torch.LongTensor, past_key_values: ChipformerCache | None = None,
use_cache: bool | None = None, labels: torch.LongTensor | None = None,
logits_to_keep: int = 0, return_dict: bool | None = None, **kwargs):
"""input_ids: (batch, n). Positions continue from the cache length (absolute index)."""
cache = past_key_values if past_key_values is not None else ChipformerCache()
start = cache.length
n = input_ids.shape[-1]
if start + n > self.config.max_position:
raise ValueError(f"position {start + n} exceeds max_position {self.config.max_position}; "
"restart the context from a state dump (see ChipformerGame.rollover)")
t = torch.arange(start, start + n, dtype=torch.float64, device=input_ids.device)
r = self.embed.token[input_ids] + torch.stack([t, t * t], 1) @ self.embed.pos_poly.T
for li, layer in enumerate(self.layers):
heads = self._heads(li)
if heads is not None: # some layers are feed-forward only
wq, wk, wv, wo = heads
x = r.unsqueeze(-3) # (batch, 1, n, d): broadcast over heads
k, v = cache.append(li, x @ wk.transpose(-1, -2), x @ wv.transpose(-1, -2))
out = self._attend(x @ wq.transpose(-1, -2), k, v, start) # (batch, heads, n, width)
r = r + (out @ wo.transpose(-1, -2)).sum(-3)
f, p = layer.ffn, f"layers.{li}.ffn"
hidden = torch.relu(self._lin(r, f.w_gate, f"{p}.w_gate")) * self._lin(r, f.w_up, f"{p}.w_up")
r = r + self._lin(hidden, f.w_down, f"{p}.w_down")
logits = self._lin(r if not logits_to_keep else r[..., -logits_to_keep:, :], self.unembed, "unembed")
loss = None
if labels is not None:
loss = nn.functional.cross_entropy(logits[..., :-1, :].reshape(-1, logits.shape[-1]),
labels[..., 1:].reshape(-1))
cache.length = start + n
return CausalLMOutputWithPast(loss=loss, logits=logits,
past_key_values=None if use_cache is False else cache)
def play(self, rom: "bytes | str | Path", quirks="octo", ipf: int = 10,
keep_tokens: bool = False, sparse: bool = True) -> "ChipformerGame":
"""Boot a CHIP-8 ROM; call ``.frame()`` on the result once per 60 Hz frame.
``sparse`` switches on the exact sparse matmuls (see ``sparse()``); pass False to run
the dense weights as loaded.
"""
if sparse and self._csr is None:
self.sparse()
elif not sparse:
self.sparse(False)
return ChipformerGame(self, rom, quirks=quirks, ipf=ipf, keep_tokens=keep_tokens)
# --- host loop -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAX_RECORD = 2 * 40 + 2 # longer than any valid record
@dataclass
class _Machine:
"""Token layout and boot constants, read from config.machine."""
VAL_BASE: int
ADDR_BASE: int
STEP: int
TICK: int
BOOT: int
NUM_CELLS: int
NULL: int
CLS: int
PC: int
RNG: int
KEYS: int
DISPLAY: int
DISPLAY_W: int
DISPLAY_H: int
PROGRAM_START: int
FONT_BASE: int
RNG_SEED: int
QUIRKS: int
FONT: list
QUIRK_NAMES: list
PROFILES: dict
class ChipformerGame:
"""Runs a CHIP-8 program on the model, the way the Rust/wasm engine does.
The host never computes machine semantics. It (1) feeds the boot prompt
``BOOT <state dump> STEP``, (2) injects ``TICK`` and key writes ``ADDR k, VAL v, STEP``
right after a STEP, and (3) keeps a mirror of the cells from the model's own writes so it
can show the screen. Every other token is the model's greedy prediction.
"""
def __init__(self, model: ChipformerForCausalLM, rom, quirks="octo", ipf: int = 10,
keep_tokens: bool = False):
if isinstance(rom, (str, Path)):
rom = Path(rom).read_bytes()
self.model = model
self.m = _Machine(**model.config.machine)
self.ipf = ipf
self.keep_tokens = keep_tokens
self.tokens: list[int] = []
self.instructions = 0
self.rollovers = 0
self.fed = 0 # tokens fed since boot, across rollovers
m = self.m
if len(rom) > 0x1000 - m.PROGRAM_START:
raise ValueError(f"ROM too large: {len(rom)} bytes")
cells = [0] * m.NUM_CELLS
cells[m.FONT_BASE:m.FONT_BASE + len(m.FONT)] = m.FONT
cells[m.PROGRAM_START:m.PROGRAM_START + len(rom)] = list(rom)
cells[m.PC] = m.PROGRAM_START
cells[m.RNG] = m.RNG_SEED
for a, v in self._quirk_cells(quirks).items():
cells[a] = v
self.cells = cells
self._new_context()
def _quirk_cells(self, quirks) -> dict[int, int]:
m = self.m
if quirks is None:
on = []
elif isinstance(quirks, str):
on = m.PROFILES[quirks] if quirks in m.PROFILES else [q for q in quirks.split(",") if q]
else:
on = list(quirks)
bad = set(on) - set(m.QUIRK_NAMES)
if bad:
raise ValueError(f"unknown quirks {sorted(bad)}; known: {m.QUIRK_NAMES} or {list(m.PROFILES)}")
return {m.QUIRKS + i: int(q in on) for i, q in enumerate(m.QUIRK_NAMES)}
def boot_tokens(self) -> list[int]:
"""BOOT, the CLS write, every other nonzero cell in address order, STEP."""
m, c = self.m, self.cells
out = [m.BOOT, m.ADDR_BASE + m.CLS, m.VAL_BASE + c[m.CLS]]
for a, v in enumerate(c):
if a not in (m.CLS, m.NULL) and v:
out += [m.ADDR_BASE + a, m.VAL_BASE + v]
return out + [m.STEP]
def _new_context(self) -> None:
self.cache = ChipformerCache()
self._feed(self.boot_tokens())
@torch.inference_mode()
def _feed(self, toks: list[int]) -> None:
ids = torch.tensor([toks], dtype=torch.long, device=self.model.device)
out = self.model(ids, past_key_values=self.cache, use_cache=True, logits_to_keep=1)
self.cache = out.past_key_values
self.pred = int(out.logits[0, -1].argmax())
self.fed += len(toks)
if self.keep_tokens:
self.tokens += toks
@property
def position(self) -> int:
return self.cache.length
def _apply(self, writes) -> None:
m = self.m
for a, v in writes:
if a == m.CLS:
n = m.DISPLAY_W * m.DISPLAY_H // 8
self.cells[m.DISPLAY:m.DISPLAY + n] = [0] * n
self.cells[a] = v
def _record(self) -> list[tuple[int, int]]:
"""Let the model write until it emits STEP."""
m, writes = self.m, []
for _ in range(MAX_RECORD):
tok = self.pred
if tok == m.STEP:
self._feed([tok])
self._apply(writes)
return writes
if not m.ADDR_BASE <= tok < m.STEP:
raise RuntimeError(f"model emitted {tok} where ADDR/STEP was expected at {self.position}")
self._feed([tok])
val = self.pred
if not m.VAL_BASE <= val < m.ADDR_BASE:
raise RuntimeError(f"model emitted {val} after an ADDR at {self.position}")
self._feed([val])
writes.append((tok - m.ADDR_BASE, val - m.VAL_BASE))
raise RuntimeError("record never ended")
def step(self) -> list[tuple[int, int]]:
"""Execute one instruction (the model writes its effects)."""
self.instructions += 1
return self._record()
def tick(self) -> list[tuple[int, int]]:
"""60 Hz timer tick: inject TICK, the model writes DT and ST."""
self._feed([self.m.TICK])
return self._record()
def set_key(self, key: int, down: bool) -> None:
m = self.m
a = m.KEYS + key
if bool(self.cells[a]) == down:
return
self._feed([m.ADDR_BASE + a, m.VAL_BASE + int(down), m.STEP])
self.cells[a] = int(down)
def rollover(self) -> None:
"""Restart the context from a state dump of the mirror (keeps positions bounded)."""
self._new_context()
self.rollovers += 1
def frame(self, keys=()) -> None:
"""One 60 Hz frame: key changes, one TICK, then ``ipf`` instructions.
``keys``: the CHIP-8 keys (0..15) held this frame, or a 16-bit mask.
"""
held = {k for k in range(16) if keys >> k & 1} if isinstance(keys, int) else set(keys)
for k in range(16):
self.set_key(k, k in held)
self.tick()
for _ in range(self.ipf):
self.step()
if self.position > self.model.config.rollover_at:
self.rollover()
def pixels(self) -> list[list[int]]:
m = self.m
w8 = m.DISPLAY_W // 8
return [[self.cells[m.DISPLAY + y * w8 + x // 8] >> (7 - x % 8) & 1 for x in range(m.DISPLAY_W)]
for y in range(m.DISPLAY_H)]
def ascii(self) -> str:
"""The 64x32 screen as 16 lines of half-block characters."""
p = self.pixels()
chars = {(0, 0): " ", (1, 0): "▀", (0, 1): "▄", (1, 1): "█"}
return "\n".join("".join(chars[p[y][x], p[y + 1][x]] for x in range(len(p[0])))
for y in range(0, len(p), 2))
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