Cut AI Memory Usage By Half With K-Cache Attention
Cut AI memory usage by 50% without losing performance with K-Cache Attention! Only stores key cache, reconstructs values on-the-fly & works with various attention mechanisms.
This is a Plain English Papers summary of a research paper called Breakthrough: Cut AI Memory Usage in Half Without Losing Performance Using K-Cache Attention. If you like these kinds of analysis, you should join AImodels.fyi or follow us on Twitter. Overview Slim attention reduces memory requirements by half without losing accuracy Only stores K-cache (key cache) instead of both K and V (key and value) caches Reconstructs values on-the-fly when needed Works with various attention mechanisms including RoPE Superior performance in sparse attention scenarios Compatible with existing tr...