Sparse attention
Sparse attention: A family of mechanisms computing only a subset of attention pairs to reduce memory and operations. Local, global or learned patterns trade coverage for efficiency. Actual benefit also depends on hardware and kernel support. This perspective connects the definition with practical behaviour in artificial intelligence systems.
In italiano: Sparse AttentionLegge IV · Loss, gradiente e ottimizzatoriLocal, global or learned patterns trade coverage for efficiency. Actual benefit also depends on hardware and kernel support.