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Joint backbone and indexer training under sparse attention
Training that jointly updates the model backbone and indexer after sparse attention is enabled.
Also called sparse training.
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During the final stage of CPT, QSA is enabled and the backbone and indexer are jointly trained for 8,000 steps
usedunclearin Qwen3.8-Flash-NextQwen
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Other methods under model architecture :: token mixer :: sparse attention.
DeepSeek Sparse AttentionCompressed Sparse AttentionQwen Sparse AttentionSparse attentionHeavily Compressed AttentionGated DeepSeek Sparse AttentionCSA2 Full ModeKV-outer sparse attentionProgressive sequence-length extension for sparse attentionSparse-attention continued pre-training with joint model and indexer optimizationCross-layer KV and index reuse with statically assigned CSA2 modesFixed-budget sparse-attention selectionFrom-scratch sparse attention training without dense warmupNative Sparse AttentionNatively trained sparsityNoPE sparse multi-head latent attentionQSA micro-block compression at ratio 4Sequential block processingSparse retrieval over long contextsSparse softmax attentionToken-wise compressionTwo-stage introduction of sparse attentionTwo-stage sparse attention