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N-gram row indices
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For each Engram table, 24 row indices per position: 8 for each of the 2-, 3- and 4-gram ending there. This step reads table 1’s.
- shape
- [B batch, T positions, 2 Engram layers, 24 n-grams × heads]
Sources
Contextual evidence from N-gram hashes
Each position hashes its 2-, 3- and 4-gram of normalised token ids, each modulo eight primes, into row indices of each Engram layer’s table; an n-gram does not reach across the start of the sequence or an image position.
engram-hash · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash / inference/engram.py
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@torch.inference_mode()
def forward(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor, start_pos: int, token_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> torch.Tensor:
"""token_mask: [B, L], False for tokens that take no part in an n-gram (image spans).
Returns the hash ids, shaped [B, L, n_engram_layers, n_hash_cols]."""
batch, seqlen = input_ids.shape
compressed = self.token_map[input_ids]
if token_mask is not None:
compressed = torch.where(token_mask, compressed, self.DEAD)
self.cache[:batch, start_pos : start_pos + seqlen] = compressed
positions = torch.arange(start_pos, start_pos + seqlen, device=input_ids.device).expand(batch, seqlen)
tokens, blocked = [], torch.zeros_like(positions, dtype=torch.bool)
for shift in range(self.layout.max_ngram_size):
source = self.cache[:batch].gather(1, (positions - shift).clamp_min(0))
blocked = blocked | (positions < shift) | (source == self.DEAD)
tokens.append(torch.where(blocked, self.pad_id, source))
tokens = torch.stack(tokens, dim=-1) # [B, L, max_ngram_size]
# XOR the multiplied ids together one lookback at a time, so the running value after step i
# is the hash of the (i+1)-gram; each lands in its own prime-sized bucket range
products = tokens.unsqueeze(2) * self.multipliers # [B, L, n_engram_layers, max_ngram_size]
rolling, hashes = products[..., 0], []
for i in range(1, self.layout.max_ngram_size):
rolling = torch.bitwise_xor(rolling, products[..., i])
hashes.append(rolling.unsqueeze(-1) % self.primes[:, i - 1])
return torch.cat(hashes, dim=-1) + self.offsetsContextual evidence from N-gram hashes
Tokens are embedded and repeated into four streams; each layer, after an Engram step where it has one, reads and writes the streams; the last reading mix collapses them, then the final norm and the head.
transformer-forward · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash / inference/model.py
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@torch.inference_mode()
def forward(
self, input_ids: torch.Tensor, start_pos: int = 0, images=None, token_types: torch.Tensor | None = None
):
"""input_ids: [b, s], every entry a real token id -- generate.py only ever passes positions it
has already filled, so the padding it uses internally never reaches here. token_types /
images carry the VL inputs built by image_processor.prepare_vl_inputs; image spans must lie
inside the first (start_pos 0) chunk."""
image_mask = None if token_types is None else token_types >= 0 # TEXT is -1
# image tokens take no part in an n-gram and get no engram contribution; text-only needs no mask
engram_mask = None if image_mask is None else ~image_mask
engram_hashes = self.engram_hash(input_ids, start_pos, engram_mask) if self.engram_hash is not None else None
h = self.embed(input_ids)
if images is not None:
assert start_pos == 0, "image spans must be prefilled in a single chunk"
self.merge_image_embeddings(images, h)
# Expand to hc_mult copies for Hyper-Connections
h = h.unsqueeze(2).repeat(1, 1, self.hc_mult, 1)
main_hiddens = []
pre_mix = make_identity_pre_mix(h, self.hc_mult)
for i, layer in enumerate(self.layers):
if layer.engram is not None:
h = layer.engram(h, engram_hashes[:, :, layer.engram.layer_hash_index, :], engram_mask)
# the MTP head reads the attention input of its target layers, not their output
if i in self.target_layer_ids:
main_hiddens.append(h.mean(dim=2))
h, pre_mix = layer(h, start_pos, pre_mix, image_mask)
h = layer.hc_pre(h, pre_mix)
logits = self.head(self.norm(h))
output_ids = sample(logits, self.temperature)
main_hidden = torch.cat(main_hiddens, dim=-1) if main_hiddens else None
return output_ids, logits, main_hiddenContextual evidence from N-gram hashes
The reference configuration: 40 layers of width 5,120, 64 heads of 512 features with a 64-feature rotary part, a 1,280-feature query latent, a grouped output of 8 groups at rank 1,024, a window of 128, the per-layer compression ratios and the two source lists, the indexer and its candidate stage, hyper-connections of 4 streams, 384 routed experts of which 6 are used with 1 shared, Engram before layers 1 and 14, and three DSpark blocks.
config · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash / inference/config.json
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{
"vocab_size": 129280,
"dim": 5120,
"moe_inter_dim": 2304,
"n_layers": 40,
"n_mtp_layers": 3,
"dspark_block_size": 5,
"dspark_noise_token_id": 128799,
"dspark_target_layer_ids": [37, 38, 39],
"dspark_markov_rank": 256,
"dspark_n_routed_experts": 128,
"dspark_n_activated_experts": 3,
"n_heads": 64,
"n_routed_experts": 384,
"n_shared_experts": 1,
"n_activated_experts": 6,
"score_func": "sqrtsoftplus",
"route_scale": 1.5,
"swiglu_limit": 10.0,
"q_lora_rank": 1280,
"head_dim": 512,
"rope_head_dim": 64,
"norm_eps": 1e-20,
"o_groups": 8,
"o_lora_rank": 1024,
"window_size": 128,
"kv_source_layers": [2, 8, 14, 20],
"index_source_layers": [2, 8, 14, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36],
"original_seq_len": 65536,
"rope_theta": 10000,
"rope_factor": 16,
"beta_fast": 32,
"beta_slow": 1,
"index_n_heads": 32,
"index_head_dim": 128,
"index_topk": 512,
"candidate_source_layer": 20,
"candidate_topk_blocks": 2048,
"candidate_block_size": 8,
"hc_mult": 4,
"hc_sinkhorn_iters": 20,
"hc_eps": 1e-06,
"engram_layer_ids": [1, 14],
"engram_vocab_size": 16000000,
"engram_num_embeddings": [384006168, 384016682],
"engram_max_ngram_size": 4,
"engram_pad_id": 2,
"engram_compressed_vocab_size": 99092,
"dtype": "fp8",
"expert_dtype": "fp4",
"compress_rope_theta": 160000,
"compress_ratios": [0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
"vision_n_layers": 32,
"vision_dim": 1024,
"vision_n_heads": 16,
"vision_inter_dim": 2816,
"vision_patch_size": 14,
"vision_downsample_ratio": 3,
"vision_max_n_token": 1024,
"vision_min_pixels": 295936,
"vision_max_wh_ratio": null,
"image_token_id": 129264,
"engram_n_heads": 8,
"engram_head_dim": 256,
"vision_rope_theta": 10000
}Contextual evidence from Layers
The model owns the embedding, 40 blocks, the final norm and the head, with the n-gram hashing and, when configured, a vision encoder.
transformer-init · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash / inference/model.py
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class Transformer(nn.Module):
"""DeepSeek-V4.1: embed -> expand to hc_mult copies -> blocks -> collapse -> logits. Building
this sets the globals at the top of the file. The tokenizer only feeds the engram token map."""
def __init__(self, args: ModelArgs, tokenizer=None):
global world_size, rank, default_dtype
world_size = dist.get_world_size() if dist.is_initialized() else 1
rank = dist.get_rank() if dist.is_initialized() else 0
default_dtype = torch.float8_e4m3fn if args.dtype == "fp8" else torch.bfloat16
super().__init__()
self.max_seq_len = args.max_seq_len
self.temperature = args.temperature
self.norm_eps = args.norm_eps
self.hc_eps = args.hc_eps
self.engram_layout = EngramLayout.from_args(args)
self.engram_hash = (
NgramHashState(args, self.engram_layout, tokenizer) if self.engram_layout is not None else None
)
self.embed = ParallelEmbedding(args.vocab_size, args.dim)
self.layers = torch.nn.ModuleList()
for layer_id in range(args.n_layers):
self.layers.append(Block(layer_id, args, self.engram_layout))
self.norm = RMSNorm(args.dim, self.norm_eps)
self.head = ParallelHead(args.vocab_size, args.dim, self.norm_eps, self.hc_eps)
self.mtp = torch.nn.ModuleList()
self.target_layer_ids = args.dspark_target_layer_ids
if args.dspark_block_size:
for layer_id in range(args.n_mtp_layers):
self.mtp.append(DSparkBlock(args.n_layers + layer_id, args))
self.mtp[-1].embed = self.embed
self.mtp[-1].head = self.head
self.hc_mult = args.hc_mult
self.vision = None
if args.vision_enabled:
self.vision = ViT(args)
self.aligner = Aligner(args)
# learned embeddings for the image span delimiters
self.image_start = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(args.dim))
self.image_end = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(args.dim))
self.image_newline = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(args.dim))
Contextual evidence from Layers
Attention owns a low-rank query, one key–value projection, a learned sink per head, a grouped low-rank output, a ring buffer for the window, and, by the two source lists, a compressor and an indexer; layers that attend to compressed positions use the larger rotary base with YaRN.
attention-init · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash / inference/model.py
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class Attention(nn.Module):
"""Latent attention over two KV sources at once, concatenated into one `sparse_attn` call: a
sliding window of raw KV, plus -- when compress_ratio > 0 -- `index_topk` compressed positions
reaching further back. Q and the output projection are both low-rank, the latter grouped.
compress_ratio > 0 does not mean the layer compresses its own KV: only kv_source_layers do,
the rest read that same cache.
"""
def __init__(self, layer_id: int, args: ModelArgs):
super().__init__()
self.layer_id = layer_id
self.dim = args.dim
self.n_heads = args.n_heads
self.n_local_heads = args.n_heads // world_size
self.q_lora_rank = args.q_lora_rank
self.o_lora_rank = args.o_lora_rank
self.head_dim = args.head_dim
self.rope_head_dim = args.rope_head_dim
self.nope_head_dim = args.head_dim - args.rope_head_dim
self.n_groups = args.o_groups
self.n_local_groups = self.n_groups // world_size
self.window_size = args.window_size
self.compress_ratio = args.compress_ratios[layer_id]
self.eps = args.norm_eps
self.attn_sink = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(self.n_local_heads, dtype=torch.float32))
self.wq_a = Linear(self.dim, self.q_lora_rank)
self.q_norm = RMSNorm(self.q_lora_rank, self.eps)
self.wq_b = ColumnParallelLinear(self.q_lora_rank, self.n_heads * self.head_dim)
self.wkv = Linear(self.dim, self.head_dim)
self.kv_norm = RMSNorm(self.head_dim, self.eps)
self.wo_a = ColumnParallelLinear(
self.n_heads * self.head_dim // self.n_groups,
self.n_groups * args.o_lora_rank,
dtype=torch.bfloat16,
)
self.wo_b = RowParallelLinear(self.n_groups * args.o_lora_rank, self.dim)
self.softmax_scale = self.head_dim**-0.5
is_backbone = layer_id < args.n_layers
self.is_kv_source = is_backbone and layer_id in args.kv_source_layers
self.is_index_source = is_backbone and layer_id in args.index_source_layers
self.compressor: Compressor | None = None
self.indexer: Indexer | None = None
if self.is_kv_source:
self.compressor = Compressor(args, layer_id)
if self.is_index_source:
self.indexer = Indexer(args, layer_id)
self.window_kv_cache: torch.Tensor
self.register_buffer(
"window_kv_cache",
torch.zeros(args.max_batch_size, args.window_size, self.head_dim),
persistent=False,
)
if self.is_kv_source:
self.compress_kv_cache: torch.Tensor
self.register_buffer(
"compress_kv_cache",
torch.zeros(
args.max_batch_size,
args.max_seq_len // self.compress_ratio,
self.head_dim,
),
persistent=False,
)
if self.compress_ratio:
original_seq_len, rope_theta = (
args.original_seq_len,
args.compress_rope_theta,
)
else:
# disable YaRN and use base rope_theta in pure sliding-window attention
original_seq_len, rope_theta = 0, args.rope_theta
freqs_cis = precompute_freqs_cis(
self.rope_head_dim,
args.max_seq_len,
original_seq_len,
rope_theta,
args.rope_factor,
args.beta_fast,
args.beta_slow,
)
self.freqs_cis: torch.Tensor
self.register_buffer("freqs_cis", freqs_cis, persistent=False)Contextual evidence from Layers
One object hands compressed keys and values, index keys, selected positions and candidates from a source layer to the layers after it.
shared · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash / inference/model.py
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class SharedAttentionRuntime:
"""What attention layers hand down the stack instead of recomputing. Layers run in order and
every source writes before its consumers read, so one slot each is enough and nothing needs
resetting between forwards. Sources: compress_kv and index_k from kv_source_layers, topk_idxs
from index_source_layers, candidates from candidate_source_layer."""
def __init__(self):
self.compress_kv: torch.Tensor | None = None
self.index_k: torch.Tensor | None = None
self.topk_idxs: torch.Tensor | None = None
self.candidates: torch.Tensor | None = None
# Only ever one model per process, same as world_size / rank / default_dtype above.
shared_attn = SharedAttentionRuntime()Contextual evidence from Engram table
The Engram table is an FP8 embedding with one scale per 32 features of a row, dequantised when rows are read.
engram-table · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash / inference/model.py
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class ParallelEngramEmbedding(nn.Module):
"""The n-gram hash table, sharded over its rows. Stays fp8: rows are dequantized on lookup."""
def __init__(self, num_embeddings: int, dim: int):
super().__init__()
self.num_embeddings = num_embeddings
self.dim = dim
self.part_num_embeddings = (num_embeddings + world_size - 1) // world_size
self.vocab_start_idx = rank * self.part_num_embeddings
self.vocab_end_idx = self.vocab_start_idx + self.part_num_embeddings
self.block_size = fp8_block_size
# the table stays fp8 as stored: rows are dequantized with `scale` on lookup
self.weight = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(self.part_num_embeddings, dim, dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn))
self.scale = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(self.part_num_embeddings, dim // self.block_size, dtype=scale_dtype))
def forward(self, indices: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
mask = (indices < self.vocab_start_idx) | (indices >= self.vocab_end_idx)
local_indices = indices - self.vocab_start_idx
local_indices = local_indices.masked_fill(mask, 0)
values = F.embedding(local_indices, self.weight)
scales = F.embedding(local_indices, self.scale)
values = values.float().unflatten(-1, (-1, self.block_size)) * scales.float().unsqueeze(-1)
values = values.flatten(-2).to(torch.bfloat16)
values = values.masked_fill(mask.unsqueeze(-1), 0)
if world_size > 1:
dist.all_reduce(values)
return valuesContextual evidence from Engram table
Engram reads 24 table rows per position, projects them to four keys and one value, gates the value per stream by a normalised dot product of the stream and its key, and adds it to every stream; image positions get none.
engram · deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash / inference/model.py
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class Engram(nn.Module):
"""Writes an n-gram lookup into the residual stream, gated by how well it matches that stream.
The hash ids fetch `n_hash_cols` rows; `wkv` turns them into one key per hc copy plus a shared
value. The gate is a normalized dot product of stream against key.
"""
def __init__(self, args: ModelArgs, layer_id: int, layout: EngramLayout):
super().__init__()
self.layer_id = layer_id
self.layer_hash_index = layout.layer_ids.index(layer_id)
self.dim = args.dim
self.hc_mult = args.hc_mult
self.clamp_value = 1e-6
self.embed = ParallelEngramEmbedding(layout.num_embeddings[self.layer_hash_index], layout.head_dim)
n_hash_cols = (layout.max_ngram_size - 1) * layout.n_heads
self.wkv = Linear(n_hash_cols * layout.head_dim, args.dim * (args.hc_mult + 1))
self.eps = args.norm_eps
self.q_weight = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(args.hc_mult, args.dim))
self.k_weight = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(args.hc_mult, args.dim))
def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, hash_ids: torch.Tensor, token_mask: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> torch.Tensor:
"""x: [B, L, hc_mult, dim]; hash_ids: [B, L, n_hash_cols]; token_mask: [B, L], False shuts
the gate so those positions pass through untouched."""
kv = self.wkv(self.embed(hash_ids).flatten(-2))
key, value = kv.split([self.hc_mult * self.dim, self.dim], dim=-1)
key = key.float().unflatten(-1, (self.hc_mult, self.dim))
weight = self.q_weight.float() * self.k_weight.float() # only ever used as a product
h, eps = x.float(), self.eps
# normalized per (token, hc copy) over `dim`, NOT jointly over the copies
rstd = torch.rsqrt(h.square().mean(-1) + eps) * torch.rsqrt(key.square().mean(-1) + eps)
dot = (h * weight * key).sum(-1) * rstd * self.dim**-0.5
# signed sqrt before the sigmoid, matching the training kernel
gate = torch.sigmoid(torch.copysign(dot.abs().clamp_min(self.clamp_value).sqrt(), dot))
if token_mask is not None:
gate = gate.masked_fill(~token_mask.unsqueeze(-1), 0)
return (h + gate.unsqueeze(-1) * value.float().unsqueeze(-2)).to(x.dtype)