Kimi K3

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New parts in the block · after Kimi K2
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Query heads

93 layers › First layer › Kimi Delta Attention (KDA) › Query heads

Queries

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tensorq

Query vectors for every head and position.

shape
QQ [B batch, 96 heads, 1 position, 128 d_h]
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Contextual evidence from Query heads

Kimi Delta Attention owns query, key and value projections to 96 heads of 128 features, a causal short convolution on each, a per-head log-scale A_log, a rank-128 pair of projections and a bias for the decay logits, a per-head write-strength projection, a full-rank output gate projection, a gated RMSNorm over each head and an output projection.

kda-init · moonshotai/Kimi-K3 / modeling_kimi_linear.py
Pinned revision f831ab668142 ↗ · lines 478–541

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    def __init__(self, config: KimiLinearConfig, layer_idx: int):
        super().__init__()
        self.config = config
        self.mode = "chunk"

        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
        self.conv_size = config.linear_attn_config["short_conv_kernel_size"]
        self.head_dim = config.linear_attn_config["head_dim"]
        self.num_heads = config.linear_attn_config["num_heads"]
        self.head_k_dim = self.head_dim
        self.num_k_heads = self.num_heads

        self.layer_idx = layer_idx

        assert self.mode in [
            'chunk', 'fused_recurrent'], f"Not supported mode `{self.mode}`."

        projection_k_size = self.head_k_dim * self.num_k_heads
        projection_size = self.head_dim * self.num_heads

        self.q_proj = nn.Linear(
            self.hidden_size, projection_k_size, bias=False)
        self.k_proj = nn.Linear(
            self.hidden_size, projection_k_size, bias=False)
        self.v_proj = nn.Linear(self.hidden_size, projection_size, bias=False)

        self.q_conv1d = ShortConvolution(
            hidden_size=projection_k_size,
            kernel_size=self.conv_size,
            activation='silu',
        )
        self.k_conv1d = ShortConvolution(
            hidden_size=projection_k_size,
            kernel_size=self.conv_size,
            activation='silu',
        )
        self.v_conv1d = ShortConvolution(
            hidden_size=projection_size,
            kernel_size=self.conv_size,
            activation='silu',
        )

        self.A_log = torch.nn.Parameter(torch.log(torch.empty(
            self.num_heads, dtype=torch.float32).uniform_(1, 16)))

        self.f_a_proj = nn.Linear(self.hidden_size, self.head_dim, bias=False)
        self.f_b_proj = nn.Linear(self.head_dim, projection_size, bias=False)

        self.dt_bias = nn.Parameter(
            torch.empty(projection_size, dtype=torch.float32))

        self.b_proj = nn.Linear(self.hidden_size, self.num_heads, bias=False)

        self.use_full_rank_gate = config.linear_attn_config.get("use_full_rank_gate", False)
        self.gate_lower_bound = config.linear_attn_config.get("gate_lower_bound", None)
        if self.use_full_rank_gate:
            self.g_proj = nn.Linear(self.hidden_size, projection_size, bias=False)
        else:
            self.g_a_proj = nn.Linear(self.hidden_size, self.head_dim, bias=False)
            self.g_b_proj = nn.Linear(self.head_dim, projection_size, bias=False)

        self.o_norm = FusedRMSNormGated(
            self.head_dim, eps=config.rms_norm_eps, activation='sigmoid')
        self.o_proj = nn.Linear(projection_size, self.hidden_size, bias=False)

Contextual evidence from Query heads

Queries, keys and values are projected and convolved; the decay logits and the write strength are projected from the layer’s input; the kernel returns the output and the recurrent state, in the recurrent form for one new position with a cache and chunked otherwise; the state and the convolution states are kept per layer.

kda-forward · moonshotai/Kimi-K3 / modeling_kimi_linear.py
Pinned revision f831ab668142 ↗ · lines 559–649

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        use_cache = cache_params is not None
        batch_size, q_len, _ = hidden_states.shape
        mode = 'fused_recurrent' if use_cache and q_len == 1 else self.mode

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        conv_state_q, conv_state_k, conv_state_v = None, None, None
        recurrent_state = None
        if cache_params is not None:
            if cache_params.conv_states[self.layer_idx] is not None:
                conv_state_q, conv_state_k, conv_state_v = cache_params.conv_states[
                    self.layer_idx]
            recurrent_state = cache_params.recurrent_states[self.layer_idx]

        q_proj_states = self.q_proj(hidden_states)
        k_proj_states = self.k_proj(hidden_states)
        v_proj_states = self.v_proj(hidden_states)
        q, conv_state_q = self.q_conv1d(
            x=q_proj_states,
            cache=conv_state_q,
            output_final_state=use_cache,
            cu_seqlens=cu_seqlens,
        )
        k, conv_state_k = self.k_conv1d(
            x=k_proj_states,
            cache=conv_state_k,
            output_final_state=use_cache,
            cu_seqlens=cu_seqlens,
        )
        v, conv_state_v = self.v_conv1d(
            x=v_proj_states,
            cache=conv_state_v,
            output_final_state=use_cache,
            cu_seqlens=cu_seqlens,
        )
        g = self.f_b_proj(self.f_a_proj(hidden_states))
        g = rearrange(g, '... (h d) -> ... h d', d=self.head_dim)
        beta = self.b_proj(hidden_states).float()

        q, k = map(lambda x: rearrange(
            x, '... (h d) -> ... h d', d=self.head_k_dim), (q, k))
        v = rearrange(v, '... (h d) -> ... h d', d=self.head_dim)

        if mode == 'chunk':
            o, recurrent_state = chunk_kda(
                q=q,
                k=k,
                v=v,
                g=g,
                beta=beta,
                A_log=self.A_log,
                dt_bias=self.dt_bias,
                initial_state=recurrent_state,
                output_final_state=True,
                use_qk_l2norm_in_kernel=True,
                use_gate_in_kernel=True,
                use_beta_sigmoid_in_kernel=True,
                safe_gate=self.gate_lower_bound is not None,
                lower_bound=self.gate_lower_bound,
                transpose_state_layout=True,
                cu_seqlens=cu_seqlens,
            )
        else:
            o, recurrent_state = fused_recurrent_kda(
                q=q,
                k=k,
                v=v,
                g=g,
                beta=beta,
                A_log=self.A_log,
                dt_bias=self.dt_bias,
                initial_state=recurrent_state,
                output_final_state=True,
                use_qk_l2norm_in_kernel=True,
                use_gate_in_kernel=True,
                use_beta_sigmoid_in_kernel=True,
                lower_bound=self.gate_lower_bound,
                transpose_state_layout=True,
                cu_seqlens=cu_seqlens,
            )
        if cache_params is not None:
            cache_params.recurrent_states[self.layer_idx] = recurrent_state
            cache_params.conv_states[self.layer_idx] = (
                conv_state_q, conv_state_k, conv_state_v)

Contextual evidence from Query heads

The short convolution is a depthwise, causal 1D convolution without bias, followed by SiLU.

short-conv · fla-org/flash-linear-attention / fla/modules/conv/short_conv.py
Pinned revision 07ca1e49ef6c ↗ · lines 24–80

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class ShortConvolution(nn.Conv1d):
    """Short convolution layer for efficient causal convolution operations.

    This class implements a depthwise 1D convolution with causal padding,
    designed for efficient sequence processing. It supports multiple backends (Triton/CUDA)
    and optional activation functions.

    Args:
        hidden_size (int): Number of input/output channels (must be equal for depthwise conv)
        kernel_size (int): Size of the convolution kernel
        bias (bool, optional): Whether to include learnable bias. Defaults to False.
        activation (Optional[str], optional): Activation function ('silu' or 'swish'). Defaults to 'silu'.
        backend (Optional[str], optional): Backend implementation ('triton' or 'cuda'). Defaults to 'triton'.
        device (Optional[torch.device], optional): Device to place the layer on. Defaults to None.
        dtype (Optional[torch.dtype], optional): Data type for layer parameters. Defaults to None.
        **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments (deprecated 'use_fast_conv1d' supported for compatibility)

    Attributes:
        hidden_size (int): Number of channels
        activation (Optional[str]): Selected activation function
        backend (str): Actual backend being used (may differ from input due to availability)

    Note:
        - Uses depthwise convolution (groups=hidden_size) for efficiency
        - Applies causal padding (kernel_size-1) to ensure no future information leakage
        - Falls back to Triton backend if CUDA backend is unavailable
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        hidden_size: int,
        kernel_size: int,
        bias: bool = False,
        activation: str | None = 'silu',
        backend: str | None = 'triton',
        device: torch.device | None = None,
        dtype: torch.dtype | None = None,
        **kwargs,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            in_channels=hidden_size,
            out_channels=hidden_size,
            kernel_size=kernel_size,
            groups=hidden_size,
            bias=bias,
            padding=kernel_size - 1,
            device=device,
            dtype=dtype,
        )

        self.hidden_size = hidden_size
        self.activation = None

        if activation is not None:
            assert activation in ['silu', 'swish'], f"Activation `{activation}` not supported yet."
            self.activation = activation

Contextual evidence from Query heads

The delta-rule recurrence per head: the state decays channel by channel, takes a write of the key times the difference between the value and what the state already returns for that key, scaled by the write strength, and the output reads the state with the scaled query.

kda-kernel · fla-org/flash-linear-attention / fla/ops/kda/naive.py
Pinned revision 07ca1e49ef6c ↗ · lines 12–66

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def naive_recurrent_kda(
    q: torch.Tensor,
    k: torch.Tensor,
    v: torch.Tensor,
    g: torch.Tensor,
    beta: torch.Tensor,
    scale: float | None = None,
    initial_state: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    output_final_state: bool = False,
):
    r"""

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    dtype = v.dtype
    B, T, H, K, HV, V = *q.shape, v.shape[2], v.shape[-1]
    G = HV // H
    if scale is None:
        scale = K ** -0.5

    q, k, v, g, beta = map(lambda x: x.to(torch.float), [q, k, v, g, beta])
    q = q.repeat_interleave(G, dim=2) * scale   # [B, T, HV, K]
    k = k.repeat_interleave(G, dim=2)           # [B, T, HV, K]

    S = k.new_zeros(B, HV, K, V).to(q)
    if initial_state is not None:
        S += initial_state
    o = torch.zeros_like(v)
    for i in range(0, T):
        q_i, k_i, v_i, g_i, b_i = q[:, i], k[:, i], v[:, i], g[:, i], beta[:, i]
        S = S * g_i[..., None].exp()
        S = S + torch.einsum('b h k, b h v -> b h k v', b_i[..., None] * k_i, v_i - (k_i[..., None] * S).sum(-2))
        o[:, i] = torch.einsum('b h k, b h k v -> b h v', q_i, S)
    if not output_final_state:
        S = None
    return o.to(dtype), S