Depth Hybrid Attention: value mixing across depth in hybrid attention models
The post presents Depth Hybrid Attention, which adds value mixing across network depth to hybrid attention models with little extra compute and cache cost. The author claims the DWA and DDA variants outperform full attention and hybrid baselines.
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Source: Depth Hybrid Attention: mistura de valores ao longo da profundidade em arquiteturas… (github.com). Text prepared with AI from this source.
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The post describes Depth Hybrid Attention (DHA), a way for layers in hybrid attention models to combine information across the depth of the network, with little extra compute and cache cost. According to the author, the DWA and DDA variants outperform full attention and hybrid baselines while keeping resource use low. The code is available alongside the write-up.
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