ParallelFlow: Parallelizing Linear Transformers via Flow Discretization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00492v1
• Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:34:07 GMT
• Title: ParallelFlow: Parallelizing Linear Transformers via Flow Discretization
• Authors: Nicola Muca Cirone, Cristopher Salvi,
• Abstract summary: We present a theoretical framework for analyzing linear attention models through matrix-valued state space models (SSMs)<n>Our approach, Parallel Flows, provides a perspective that systematically decouples temporal dynamics from implementation constraints.<n>As a concrete application, we analyze DeltaNet in a generalized low-rank setting motivated by recent theoretical advances.
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• Abstract: We present a theoretical framework for analyzing linear attention models through matrix-valued state space models (SSMs). Our approach, Parallel Flows, provides a perspective that systematically decouples temporal dynamics from implementation constraints, enabling independent analysis of critical algorithmic components: chunking, parallelization, and information aggregation. Central to this framework is the reinterpretation of chunking procedures as computations of the flows governing system dynamics. This connection establishes a bridge to mathematical tools from rough path theory, opening the door to new insights into sequence modeling architectures. As a concrete application, we analyze DeltaNet in a generalized low-rank setting motivated by recent theoretical advances. Our methods allow us to design simple, streamlined generalizations of hardware-efficient algorithms present in the literature, and to provide completely different ones, inspired by rough paths techniques, with provably lower complexity. This dual contribution demonstrates how principled theoretical analysis can both explain existing practical methods and inspire fundamentally new computational approaches.

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