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authorYuren Hao <yurenh2@illinois.edu>2026-07-16 04:01:03 -0500
committerYuren Hao <yurenh2@illinois.edu>2026-07-16 04:01:03 -0500
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RESULT 28 caveat: fp32-EP control insufficient — BP mirror is the decision metric (user correction)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn
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@@ -586,6 +586,12 @@ Monotone dose-response; clean (zero guards). Readings:
qcomp8/6/4 arms running (gate #1b).
- Procurement impact: the Y3/pc AD7528 line is unaffected either way (its role is compute);
the acceptance ENOB bar keys on the qcomp verdict.
+- CAVEAT (user, 2026-07-16): the fp32-EP control conflates "quantization tax" with "EP-specific
+ quantization tax". BP MIRROR SUITE chained (bp_qctl + qup10/8/6 + qcomp8/6/4 on the BP twin,
+ same resume protocol). Decision metric = Delta_EP(bits) vs Delta_BP(bits): equal deltas =>
+ generic quantized-training problem => the BP QAT/shadow toolbox transfers to EP unchanged.
+ Reading-one above ("naked cells need >=10-12b") is PROVISIONAL until the BP control lands —
+ naked quantized writes likely hurt BP comparably.
### RESULT 27 (2026-07-15): K-SATURATION ACROSS TRAINING (Alexi's challenge answered with data).
Challenge (Alexi Gladstone): K=3 nudge sweeps seems very few; as training roughens the landscape,