Dense MLP

Checkpoint configuration and implementation moonshotai/Kimi-K3 @ f831ab6, fla-org/flash-linear-attention @ 07ca1e4 · parameter count checked against the checkpoint’s tensor headers · text model only · How to read

93 layers › First layer › Dense MLP

Gate projection

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learnedself.gate_proj(x)

Map 7,168 input features to 33,792 gate features.

g=xffnWgate{\htmlData{light=g gate}{g}}={\htmlData{light=x}{x_{\mathrm{ffn}}}}W_{\mathrm{gate}}
in
xffnx_{\mathrm{ffn}} [B batch, 1 positions, 7168 d]
out
gg [B batch, 1 positions, 33792 d_ff]
parameters
242,221,056
Parameters

242,221,056 parameters per instance.

Exact per-instance accounting
ComponentCalculationParameters
Weight matrix7,168×33,7927{,}168 \times 33{,}792242,221,056
Per-instance total242,221,056

This projection has no bias parameter.

The reference module holds the weight output by input, [out, in].

Across 1 independent layers: 242,221,056×1=242,221,056242{,}221{,}056 \times 1 = 242{,}221{,}056 parameters.

Derived from the configured matrix dimensions; the model total matches the checkpoint’s tensors.

Codemodeling_kimi_linear.py 273–301
modeling_kimi_linear.py 273–301
class KimiMLP(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, config: KimiLinearConfig, hidden_size=None, intermediate_size=None):
        super().__init__()
        self.config = config
        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size if hidden_size is None else hidden_size
        self.intermediate_size = config.intermediate_size if intermediate_size is None else intermediate_size
        self.gate_proj = nn.Linear(
            self.hidden_size, self.intermediate_size, bias=False)
        self.up_proj = nn.Linear(
            self.hidden_size, self.intermediate_size, bias=False)
        self.down_proj = nn.Linear(
            self.intermediate_size, self.hidden_size, bias=False)
        if config.hidden_act == "situ":
            beta, linear_beta = _get_situ_activation_params(config)
            self.act_fn = SituAndMul(
                beta=beta,
                linear_beta=linear_beta,
            )
        else:
            self.act_fn = ACT2FN[config.hidden_act]

    def forward(self, x):
        if self.config.hidden_act == "situ":
            gate_up = torch.cat([self.gate_proj(x), self.up_proj(x)], dim=-1)
            down_proj = self.down_proj(self.act_fn(gate_up))
        else:
            down_proj = self.down_proj(self.act_fn(
                self.gate_proj(x)) * self.up_proj(x))
        return down_proj
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Direct evidence

The dense feed-forward network: down(SiTU(gate x, up x)).

mlp · moonshotai/Kimi-K3 / modeling_kimi_linear.py
Pinned revision f831ab668142 ↗ · lines 273–301

Read code excerpt
class KimiMLP(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, config: KimiLinearConfig, hidden_size=None, intermediate_size=None):
        super().__init__()
        self.config = config
        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size if hidden_size is None else hidden_size
        self.intermediate_size = config.intermediate_size if intermediate_size is None else intermediate_size
        self.gate_proj = nn.Linear(
            self.hidden_size, self.intermediate_size, bias=False)
        self.up_proj = nn.Linear(
            self.hidden_size, self.intermediate_size, bias=False)
        self.down_proj = nn.Linear(
            self.intermediate_size, self.hidden_size, bias=False)
        if config.hidden_act == "situ":
            beta, linear_beta = _get_situ_activation_params(config)
            self.act_fn = SituAndMul(
                beta=beta,
                linear_beta=linear_beta,
            )
        else:
            self.act_fn = ACT2FN[config.hidden_act]

    def forward(self, x):
        if self.config.hidden_act == "situ":
            gate_up = torch.cat([self.gate_proj(x), self.up_proj(x)], dim=-1)
            down_proj = self.down_proj(self.act_fn(gate_up))
        else:
            down_proj = self.down_proj(self.act_fn(
                self.gate_proj(x)) * self.up_proj(x))
        return down_proj