Switching Linear Attention alternates between multiple linear maps
Radar: the SwiLA paper, from COLM 2026, proposes switching between multiple linear maps and discusses the trade-off between attention expressiveness and KV cache memory cost.
The publication dated October 5, 2026 describes Switching Linear Attention (SwiLA), a COLM 2026 paper that alternates between multiple linear maps. The text contrasts the fixed-size state of linear attention with the KV cache of softmax attention, which grows with sequence length. The proposal highlights the trade-off between attention expressiveness and the memory cost of a growing KV cache.
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