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Grouped-Query Attention

Transformers · Level 4 of 5

Grouped-Query Attention

Attention where multiple query heads share fewer key-value heads.

This can reduce cache memory while retaining multiple query projections.

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Eight query heads use only two sets of key-value projections.

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Grouped-Query Attention. Attention where multiple query heads share fewer key-value heads. This can reduce cache memory while retaining multiple query projections. For example: Eight query heads use only two sets of key-value projections.

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