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Spectral Attention has 64 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 17 references, with 6 live disagreements.

64 facts·50 predicates·17 sources·6 in dispute

Mostly:rdfs:label(6), rdf:type(5), originally had separate projs(3)

Maturity scale raw canonical shape-checked rule-derived certified

Uses Funk Hecke Harmonic Decompositionin disputeusesFunkHeckeHarmonicDecomposition

Lacksin disputelacks

Is Member ofin disputeisMemberOf

Originally Had Separate Projsin disputeoriginallyHadSeparateProjs

Rdfs:labelin disputerdfs:label

  • Spectral attention[15]all time · 218
  • SpectralAttention[9]all time · 158
  • spectral[10]sourceall time · 103
  • SpectralAttention[16]all time · 118
  • SpectralAttention[3]sourceall time · 105
  • spectral[4]sourceall time · 316

Rdf:typein disputerdf:type

Had Prior PplhadPriorPPL

  • 754[6]all time · Part 318

Has Best Quality Moderate Speed at Rot0 1hasBestQualityModerateSpeedAtRot0-1

  • PPL 457, Tok/s 56,736[6]all time · Part 318

Has Loss at Rot0 1hasLossAtRot0-1

  • 6.12[6]all time · Part 318

Has Params at Rot0 1hasParamsAtRot0-1

  • 16.9M[6]all time · Part 318

Has Ppl at Rot0 1hasPPLAtRot0-1

  • 457[6]all time · Part 318

Has Tok Per S at Rot0 1hasTokPerSAtRot0-1

  • 56736[6]all time · Part 318

Inbound mentions (15)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

attentionTypeAttention Type(1)

comparedToCompared to(1)

dominatesEfficiencyFrontierAtRot0-1Dominates Efficiency Frontier at Rot0 1(1)

hasImplementedHas Implemented(1)

includeSpectralAttentionInclude Spectral Attention(1)

includesSpectralAttentionIncludes Spectral Attention(1)

is47PercentFasterThanSpectralAt0-1Is47 Percent Faster Than Spectral At0 1(1)

isCurrentIs Current(1)

isViableAlternativeIs Viable Alternative(1)

matchesSpectralAttentionSizeMatches Spectral Attention Size(1)

mentionsTopicMentions Topic(1)

specifiesContextSpecifies Context(1)

uses27PercentFewerParamsThanSpectralUses27 Percent Fewer Params Than Spectral(1)

wasRelativeToWas Relative to(1)

within27PercentPPLOfSpectralAt0-1Within27 Percent Ppl of Spectral At0 1(1)

Other facts (38)

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38 facts
PredicateValueRef
Prioritizes Quality Over Speedbest quality, moderate speed[6]
Wins on Quality at Both Strengthsrot=0.01 and 0.1[6]
Not Yet Ported FromPython Harmonicmlx[12]
References Funk HeckeFunk Hecke[12]
Gets There More Completelynull[5]
Matches Ffn Frequency Basisnull[5]
Operates inSame Frequency Basis As Ffn[5]
Operates in Same Frequency Basis AsFfn[5]
Has Equivalent Tensor Shape(B, T, 12, 8, 64)[8]
Serves As Baselinenull[8]
Splits V Into Per Head Slicesd_h=64[8]
ReturnsKv State[14]
Is Spectral But NotKuramoto[13]
Requires Calibration tor=0.5[13]
UsesSpectral Basis[13]
Has Clean State HandlingOne Kv State Tensor[7]
Avoids Kv Cachetrue[1]
Implements Fused Qkv ProjectionQkv Proj[11]
Not to Be Replaced bySoftmax[11]
Is Attention Varianttrue[12]
Contextually ComparedFfn Ring Modes[2]
Is Inferiordue to calibration[13]
Lacks CouplingKuramoto[13]
Evaluated at Strengthboth strengths[4]
Wins on Qualitytrue[4]
Has Current Perplexity457[4]
Has Previous Perplexity754[4]
Perplexity Change39% better[4]
Operates in BasisSame Frequency Basis As Ffn[15]
Reason for SuccessResonant Pathway[15]
Reaches StateDC Kuramoto State[15]
Has StateKv State Tensor[9]
Has MethodForward Method[9]
DescriptionFunk-Hecke harmonic decomposition[3]
Has Quality RankingBest Quality Option[10]
Quality Adjusted Tokens Per Second8008[10]
Tokens Per Second210000[10]
Perplexity Score6.03[10]

Timeline

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avoidsKvCacheblah/watt-activation/part-126
true
contextuallyComparedblah/watt-activation/part-216
ex:ffn-ring-modes
descriptionblah/watt-activation/105
Funk-Hecke harmonic decomposition
evaluatedAtStrengthblah/watt-activation/316
both strengths
getsThereMoreCompletelyblah/watt-activation/part-219
null
hadPriorPPLblah/watt-activation/part-318
754
hasBestQualityModerateSpeedAtRot0-1blah/watt-activation/part-318
PPL 457, Tok/s 56,736
hasCleanStateHandlingblah/watt-activation/part-158
ex:one-kv-state-tensor
hasCurrentPerplexityblah/watt-activation/316
457
hasEquivalentTensorShapeblah/watt-activation/part-203
(B, T, 12, 8, 64)
hasLossAtRot0-1blah/watt-activation/part-318
6.12
hasMethodblah/watt-activation/158
ex:forward-method
hasParamsAtRot0-1blah/watt-activation/part-318
16.9M
hasPPLAtRot0-1blah/watt-activation/part-318
457
hasPreviousPerplexityblah/watt-activation/316
754
hasQualityRankingblah/watt-activation/103
ex:best-quality-option
hasStateblah/watt-activation/158
ex:kv-state-tensor
hasTokPerSAtRot0-1blah/watt-activation/part-318
56736
implementsFusedQkvProjectionblah/watt-activation/part-118
ex:qkv-proj
isAttentionVariantblah/watt-activation/part-460
true
isInferiorblah/watt-activation/part-197
due to calibration
isMemberOfblah/watt-activation/part-460
ex:attention-variants-subsection
isMemberOfblah/watt-activation/part-460
ex:not-yet-ported-section
isSpectralButNotblah/watt-activation/part-197
ex:kuramoto
lacksblah/watt-activation/part-195
ex:gates-field
lacksblah/watt-activation/part-197
ex:oscillator-coupling
lacksCouplingblah/watt-activation/part-197
ex:kuramoto
matchesFFNFrequencyBasisblah/watt-activation/part-219
null
notToBeReplacedByblah/watt-activation/part-118
ex:softmax
notYetPortedFromblah/watt-activation/part-460
ex:python-harmonicmlx
operatesInblah/watt-activation/part-219
ex:same-frequency-basis-as-ffn
operatesInBasisblah/watt-activation/218
ex:same-frequency-basis-as-ffn
operatesInSameFrequencyBasisAsblah/watt-activation/part-219
ex:ffn
originallyHadSeparateProjsblah/watt-activation/part-118
ex:k-proj
originallyHadSeparateProjsblah/watt-activation/part-118
ex:q-proj
originallyHadSeparateProjsblah/watt-activation/part-118
ex:v-proj
perplexityChangeblah/watt-activation/316
39% better
perplexityScoreblah/watt-activation/103
6.03
prioritizesQualityOverSpeedblah/watt-activation/part-318
best quality, moderate speed
qualityAdjustedTokensPerSecondblah/watt-activation/103
8008
labelblah/watt-activation/218
Spectral attention
labelblah/watt-activation/158
SpectralAttention
labelblah/watt-activation/103
spectral
labelblah/watt-activation/118
SpectralAttention
labelblah/watt-activation/105
SpectralAttention
labelblah/watt-activation/316
spectral
typeblah/watt-activation/158
ex:AttentionClass
typeblah/watt-activation/103
ex:AttentionMechanism
typeblah/watt-activation/316
ex:AttentionType
typeblah/watt-activation/105
ex:AttentionVariant
typeblah/watt-activation/118
ex:CodeComponent
reachesStateblah/watt-activation/218
ex:dc-kuramoto-state
reasonForSuccessblah/watt-activation/218
ex:resonant-pathway
referencesFunkHeckeblah/watt-activation/part-460
ex:funk-hecke
requiresCalibrationToblah/watt-activation/part-197
r=0.5
returnsblah/watt-activation/part-195
ex:kv-state
servesAsBaselineblah/watt-activation/part-203
null
splitsVIntoPerHeadSlicesblah/watt-activation/part-203
d_h=64
tokensPerSecondblah/watt-activation/103
210000
usesblah/watt-activation/part-197
ex:spectral-basis
usesFunkHeckeHarmonicDecompositionblah/watt-activation/part-105
ex:funk-hecke
usesFunkHeckeHarmonicDecompositionblah/watt-activation/part-460
true
winsOnQualityblah/watt-activation/316
true
winsOnQualityAtBothStrengthsblah/watt-activation/part-318
rot=0.01 and 0.1

References (17)

17 references
  1. [1]Part 1261 fact
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-126
  2. [2]Part 2161 fact
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-216
  3. customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/105
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      [2026-03-08 19:26] xenonfun: ``` What They're Leaving on the Table 1. No mx.compile — Their benchmark and model run eagerly. From our experience with AnchorKAN at similar scale, compiled step gives ~1.5-2x throughput improvement on M
  4. customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/316
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      [2026-03-15 01:57] xenonfun: ``` rot_strength = 0.1 (new default) ┌────────────────┬──────┬─────┬────────┬────────┐ │ Attention │ Loss │ PPL │ Tok/s │ Params │ ├────────────────┼──────┼─────┼────────┼────────┤ │ spectral
  5. [5]Part 2194 facts
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-219
  6. [6]Part 3188 facts
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-318
  7. [7]Part 1581 fact
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-158
  8. [8]Part 2033 facts
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-203
  9. customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/158
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      [2026-03-09 16:27] xenonfun: ⏺ For batch prefill, each attention class's forward() currently runs _gated_cumsum over the full sequence and returns output — but throws away the final recurrent state. The step() method maintains that state
  10. customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/103
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      [2026-03-08 18:36] xenonfun: It appears your agents have actually already done all this work <@1211062099137265723> in your repo already. https://github.com/MonumentalSystems/harmonic-gpt/blob/master/docs/M3_DEPLOY_NOTES.md (files: Screens
  11. [11]Part 1185 facts
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-118
  12. [12]Part 4606 facts
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-460
  13. [13]Part 1976 facts
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-197
  14. [14]Part 1952 facts
    customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-195
  15. customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/218
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      [2026-03-11 04:40] xenonfun: --- Run 2: lohe_spherical+lohe_v3+RotAdamW (1000 steps) Network-level: global_r≈0.107, β≈25, β_gate flat at 0.119. Notably flatter than spectral. ``` ┌─────┬───────────────────┬───────────┬─────────────┬─
  16. customctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/118
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      [2026-03-08 23:43] xenonfun: Code Changes (3 important patterns) 1. Fused QKV projection in SpectralAttention - Separate q_proj, k_proj, v_proj → single qkv_proj = Linear(d_model, 3 * d_model). One matmul instead of three. We should po
  17. [17]Part 1051 fact
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-105

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