fix(hslm): add STE gradient estimator to trainer#288
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Add Straight-Through Estimator (STE) backward pass calls in the trainer's optimizer step. STE allows gradients to flow through ternary quantization unchanged during backprop, while attenuating gradients for weights far from quantization boundaries. Changes: - Call steBackward() for output projection weights - Call steBackward() for TNN weights (up/down projections) - Call steBackward() for attention weights (Q, K, V, O) - Add 3 tests verifying STE gradient passthrough behavior Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add Straight-Through Estimator (STE) backward pass functions for ternary quantization gradients: - steBackwardIdentity: pure gradient passthrough (core STE) - steBackwardClipped: attenuate gradients for saturated weights - steBackwardTwn: TWN mode with alpha scaling - steBackwardProgressive: warmup → transition → full ternary - steBackwardForMode: dispatch based on config Integrated STE backward into trainer optimizerStep for all parameter groups (output projection, TNN, attention). Added 8 tests verifying gradient passthrough behavior. All 94 HSLM tests pass. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
src/hslm/ste.zigoptimizerStepfor all parameter groupsDetails
The STE approximates gradients through the ternary quantization step function:
New STE backward functions:
steBackwardIdentity: pure gradient passthrough (core STE)steBackwardClipped: attenuate gradients for weights far from quantization boundariessteBackwardTwn: TWN mode with alpha scalingsteBackwardProgressive: warmup → transition → full ternarysteBackwardForMode: dispatch based on configTest Results
All 94 HSLM tests pass including 8 new STE backward tests.
Closes #282
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