Kimi K3 reportedly keeps block attention residuals in a 93-layer design
burny_tech · x · 2026-07-28
A repost highlights a video on attention residuals and Kimi K3’s training/infrastructure details.
- Kimi K3 keeps the block attention residuals design unchanged.
- The model uses 8 blocks with 12 layers each, plus a partial final block, or 9 total blocks if the embedding layer is counted.
- It is reported to have 93 total layers and hidden size 7168.
- The speaker argues the model’s aspect ratio of 77 is conservative and reflects a preference for a deeper, not wider architecture, since attention residuals work better in deeper models.
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