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SwiGLU (Swish-based Gated Linear Unit)
The SwiGLU function is a specific variant of the Gated Linear Unit (GLU). It is formulated by adopting the Swish function to serve as the internal non-linear activation, which is generally denoted as in the GLU architecture.
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Ch.2 Generative Models - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models Course
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Gated Linear Unit (GLU) Formula
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SwiGLU (Swish-based Gated Linear Unit)
Shazeer [2020] on Gated Linear Units
Structural Analysis of Gated Linear Units
The Gated Linear Unit (GLU) architecture processes an input through two parallel linear transformations. One of these transformed outputs is then passed through a non-linear function before being combined with the other via an element-wise product. What is the analytical purpose of this non-linearly transformed path in the overall mechanism?
A standard feed-forward network layer applies a non-linear activation function after a single linear transformation. The Gated Linear Unit (GLU) architecture, however, processes an input through two parallel linear transformations, where one path acts as a 'gate' for the other after being passed through a non-linear function. What is the primary analytical advantage of this gating mechanism compared to using a single, non-gated activation function?
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SwiGLU (Swish-based Gated Linear Unit) Formula
Applications of SwiGLU in Large Language Models
The family of Gated Linear Unit (GLU) activation functions creates different variants by incorporating a specific non-linear function to control an information 'gate'. Based on this principle, what is the key distinguishing feature of the SwiGLU variant compared to other possible variants in the same family?
Deconstructing the SwiGLU Activation Function
The gating component of the SwiGLU activation function is controlled by a non-linear function that is strictly increasing across its entire domain.
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Explaining a Distribution Shift Caused by Swapping LayerNorm for RMSNorm and GELU for SwiGLU
Choosing an FFN Activation and Normalization Pair Under Deployment Constraints
Diagnosing Training Instability When Changing Normalization and FFN Activations
Interpreting Activation/Normalization Interactions from FFN Telemetry
Root-Cause Analysis of FFN Output Drift After Swapping Normalization and Activation
Selecting a Normalization + FFN Activation Change After Quantization Regressions