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Fireworks AI open-sources kernels for MiniMax Sparse Attention

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Fireworks AI has open-sourced the kernel repositories behind its recent collaboration with MiniMax AI. This initiative aims to make more than just model weights publicly available, contributing to the open-source community. The optimizations, specifically on MiniMax Sparse Attention, have resulted in a 1.6x throughput increase by refining attention kernel pipelines. AI

IMPACT Open-sourcing inference kernels can accelerate development and adoption of efficient AI infrastructure.

RANK_REASON Open-source release of inference infrastructure kernels, not a frontier model release.

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Fireworks AI open-sources kernels for MiniMax Sparse Attention

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. X — Fireworks (inference infra) TIER_1 English(EN) · FireworksAI_HQ ·

    Weights aren't the only thing that should be open-source.

    Weights aren't the only thing that should be open-source. Both kernel repos behind our recent work with @MiniMax_AI are now public: → Fireworks: https://t.co/EBNJjitfsT → Minimax: https://t.co/FTQEbiCSsl

  2. X — MiniMax AI TIER_1 English(EN) · MiniMax_AI ·

    RT @FireworksAI_HQ: Weights aren't the only thing that should be open-source.

    RT @FireworksAI_HQ: Weights aren't the only thing that should be open-source. Both kernel repos behind our recent work with @MiniMax_AI ar…

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