Add documentation guide for parameters. (#16382)

This adds a new guide to the website explaining what "parameters" are in
IREE and walking through a few ways to work with them.

A few sections are not yet completed, but this should be enough to
introduce some of the concepts and get people started.

**Notable omissions** that I'm aware of (these can/should be documented
but I haven't written the content yet):
* Existing `.mlir` with embedded weights --> `.irpa` file by using
`--iree-io-export-parameters`
* Existing `.mlir` with parameters + `.irpa` file --> `.mlir` with
embedded weights by using `--iree-io-import-parameters` (this pass does
not exist yet)
* More concrete examples (e.g. Colab notebooks) of working with GGUF /
Safetensors
* Scopes and overlays
* Sharding of `.irpa` files
* Concrete examples of using splats for developer workflows
* Reading _and_ writing parameters (training loops)
* Custom parameter indices (e.g. Python/Java/etc. code loading from
memory or the network, or cuFile/DirectStorage)

Progress on https://github.com/openxla/iree/issues/14987
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README.md

IREE: Intermediate Representation Execution Environment

IREE (Intermediate Representation Execution Environment, pronounced as “eerie”) is an MLIR-based end-to-end compiler and runtime that lowers Machine Learning (ML) models to a unified IR that scales up to meet the needs of the datacenter and down to satisfy the constraints and special considerations of mobile and edge deployments.

See our website for project details, user guides, and instructions on building from source.

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Project Status

IREE is still in its early phase. We have settled down on the overarching infrastructure and are actively improving various software components as well as project logistics. It is still quite far from ready for everyday use and is made available without any support at the moment. With that said, we welcome any kind of feedback on any communication channels!

Communication Channels

Related Project Channels

  • MLIR topic within LLVM Discourse: IREE is enabled by and heavily relies on MLIR. IREE sometimes is referred to in certain MLIR discussions. Useful if you are also interested in MLIR evolution.

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License

IREE is licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License with LLVM Exceptions. See LICENSE for more information.