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Overview
Developed byUC Berkeley
Maintained byvLLM development team
Founded2023
LicenseApache 2.0
Open source✓ Open Source
Use casememory-efficient attention mechanism for large language models
Integrates with
vLLM
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Avg confidence95%
Avg freshness100%
Last updatedUpdated 4 days ago
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PagedAttention

concept

Memory management algorithm for attention computation inspired by virtual memory paging systems

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open source

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vLLM○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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memory-efficient attention mechanism for large language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
memory-efficient attention computation for large language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1

optimizes

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KV cache memory usage○UnverifiedHighFresh1

integrates with

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supports model

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transformer architectures○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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technique type

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memory optimization algorithm○UnverifiedHighFresh1

solves problem

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GPU memory bottlenecks in transformer inference○UnverifiedHighFresh1

enables

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higher throughput LLM serving○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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virtual memory paging concept○UnverifiedHighFresh1
virtual memory paging concepts○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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UC Berkeley○UnverifiedHighFresh1

reduces

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memory fragmentation○UnverifiedHighFresh1

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founded year

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2023○UnverifiedHighFresh1

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maintained by

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vLLM development team○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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CUDA-compatible GPU○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

competes with

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FlashAttention○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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Claim count: 25Last updated: 4/6/2026Edit history