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Gated DeltaNet and Qwen Sparse Attention hybrid architecture

Also called GDN + QSA hybrid architecture.

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out of every 4 layers, 3 GDN layers compress history into a fixed-size state, while the remaining layer performs precise retrieval over the full context.

coreunclearin Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQwen

A GDN + QSA hybrid architecture. Gated DeltaNet (GDN) compresses the history efficiently; Qwen Sparse Attention (QSA) uses a compressed lightweight indexer to select the important context at micro-block granularity

coremodel architecturein Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQwen