📅 2026-06-05
Pronunciation of the day: FlashAttention
FlashAttention is pronounced "flash uh ten shun" · /ˌflæʃ əˈtɛnʃən/ · project
IO-aware exact-attention GPU kernel (Dao-AILab; FlashAttention-2/3) baked into vLLM, TGI, TensorRT-LLM, PyTorch SDPA. Spoken as the two English words "flash" + "attention" run together, one word in writing. STRESS: secondary on FLASH, primary on -TEN- (flash-uh-TEN-shun). Non-native speakers hesitate on the flash+attention compound; pronunciation is just the plain English words.
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