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feat: implement float16 inference support

Summary

Implements float16 inference as listed on the roadmap. The dtype parameter already
existed in __init__ but was never applied as the model weights and the inference path
stayed in float32 regardless of what was passed in. This PR makes it actually work.

What was missing

  • self.model and self.vocos were never cast to float16 after loading
  • prompt_features was never cast in encode_prompt
  • The generate() call had no mixed precision context
  • pred_features was passed to the vocoder in float16, risking NaN overflow in upsampling layers

Changes

zipvoice/luxvoice.py

  • Cast self.model and self.vocos to float16 after loading
  • Cast prompt_features to float16 in encode_prompt
  • Wrapped GPU inference in torch.autocast for safe mixed precision
  • Output waveform always returned as float32 for numpy/soundfile compatibility
  • CPU fallback: prints warning and uses float32 automatically

zipvoice/modeling_utils.py

  • Cast pred_features to float32 before vocoder.decode() to prevent potential NaN
    from fp16 overflow in vocoder upsampling layers

tests/

  • Added pytest test suite (no tests existed previously)
  • 12 tests covering: model dtype, output dtype, NaN/Inf detection, silence detection,
    backward compatibility, CPU fallback

README.md

  • Added float16 usage example in load model section
  • Added float16 FAQ entry
  • Marked roadmap item as complete

Usage

# unchanged default
lux = LuxTTS('YatharthS/LuxTTS', device='cuda')

# float16
lux = LuxTTS('YatharthS/LuxTTS', device='cuda', dtype='float16')

Benchmark

RTX 3060 Laptop (6GB VRAM), CUDA 12.6, num_steps=4, 10 iterations

dtype avg time
float32 0.332s
float16 0.624s

float16 is slower on this specific GPU as this is expected and documented here openly.

Two reasons:

  1. The RTX 3060 Laptop has significantly lower float16 tensor core throughput than
    desktop-class GPUs (A100, RTX 3090, 4090), where the ~2x speedup claim holds.

  2. PyTorch raises the following warning during float16 inference:

    ComplexHalf support is experimental and many operators don't support it yet.
    

    The vocoder uses complex FFT operations internally. Even after casting pred_features
    back to float32 before vocoder.decode(), the torch.autocast context still routes
    some complex ops through experimental float16 paths, which fall back to slower
    emulated execution on lower-end hardware.

The implementation is correct and safe. The slowdown is a hardware/library limitation,
not a code issue. The expected ~2x speedup should appear on higher-end GPUs where float16
tensor cores are fully utilized. Users on laptop GPUs can simply keep the default float32.

If you have access to a higher-end GPU and can share benchmark numbers, that would be
a great addition to this PR.

Notes

  • Fully backward compatible, default is still float32, nothing breaks
  • Tests: pytest tests/ -v (requires CUDA GPU, downloads model ~1GB on first run)

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