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Bamba: An open-source LLM that crosses a transformer with an SSM

by @IBMResearch research.ibm.com published 2025-04-29

The open-source LLM combines the sequence-modeling skill of a transformer with the inferencing speed of an SSM. IBM Granite will soon adopt key Bamba features.

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