Ring-linear 2.0: hybrid attention and FP8 optimization
In a post published on October 27, 2025, Ant Group describes two models combining linear and softmax attention and claims improved training efficiency with FP8 operators.
Source: Ant Group apresenta os modelos híbridos Ring-linear 2.0 (x.com). Text prepared with AI from this source.
What happened and what to do
In a post dated October 27, 2025, Ant Group describes Ring-mini-linear-2.0, at 16B, and Ring-flash-linear-2.0, at 104B. The models combine linear and softmax attention. The post claims they reduce inference costs and improve training efficiency by 50% using a proprietary library of FP8 operators; it identifies long-context use as relevant.
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