SLA2: Sparse-Linear Attention with Learnable Routing and QAT research paper by UC Berkeley, 2026
UC Berkeley · Inference and efficiency · Feb 13, 2026 · 1 citations · 59 upvotes · unverified
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SLA2 improves sparse-linear attention in diffusion models by introducing a learnable router, direct attention formulation, and quantization-aware fine-tuning for enhanced efficiency and quality.
By Jintao Zhang, Haoxu Wang, Kai Jiang and 6 more · arXiv 2602.12675 · PDF
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- 1, 0 influential · Semantic Scholar
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- 59 · Hugging Face
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- UC Berkeley
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