Recurrent memory signals predict which KV cache entries hybrid LLMs will need

GateSight uses Gated DeltaNet write and decay signals to evict attention cache entries with no query, keeping a tenth of the cache.

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Junjie Li · Jiong Lou · Jie Li

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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The authors show that Gated DeltaNet write and decay signals in hybrid LLMs predict which attention KV entries will be needed later, before any query is seen.

8-27B and defined future KV utility by how much removing an entry changes attention output on the model's own continuations.

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From Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Released code · Part of KV Cache Compression, now 13 papers

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GateSight uses GDN recurrent memory signals to predict attention KV utility, enabling 90% cache reduction with top accuracy.

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