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Mamba & State Space Models

Master the linear-time alternative to transformers: from structured state spaces (S4) and Mamba's selective mechanism to hybrid architectures like Jamba.

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Structured State Spaces (S4) and HiPPO initialization

Mamba's selective scan mechanism

Linear-time sequence modeling vs. quadratic attention

Mamba-2 and state space duality (SSD)

Hybrid architectures (Jamba, Bamba, Nemotron-H)

Inference throughput advantages of SSMs

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