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Developed byDan Fu
Founded2022
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Open source✓ Open Source
Use casememory-efficient attention computation
Integrates with
CUDAPyTorch
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Claims25
Avg confidence94%
Avg freshness100%
Last updatedUpdated 21 days ago
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100% unverified
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Training data disclosure

Flash Attention

concept

Memory-efficient attention algorithm that reduces memory usage during transformer inference

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supports model

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transformer architectures○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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primary use case

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memory-efficient attention computation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
memory-efficient attention computation for transformers○UnverifiedHighFresh1
accelerating transformer training○UnverifiedHighFresh1
accelerating transformer training and inference○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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attention mechanism○UnverifiedHighFresh1
tiling algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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integrates with

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CUDA○UnverifiedHighFresh1
PyTorch○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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Dan Fu○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Atri Rudra○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Stefano Ermon○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Christopher Ré○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Daniel Y. Fu○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Tri Dao○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

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standard attention mechanism○UnverifiedHighFresh1
standard attention implementation○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

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2022○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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CUDA○UnverifiedHighFresh1

open source

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true○UnverifiedHighFresh1

license type

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BSD-3-Clause○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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Claim count: 25Last updated: 4/23/2026Edit history