'Western Qwen': IBM wows with Granite 4 LLM launch and hybrid Mamba/Transformer architecture

The Qwen family from Alibaba remains a dense, decoder-only Transformer architecture, with no Mamba or SSM layers in its mainline models. However, experimental offshoots like Vamba-Qwen2-VL-7B show ...
Geeky Gadgets

What are Transformer Models and how do they work?

Transformers, a groundbreaking architecture in the field of natural language processing (NLP), have revolutionized how machines understand and generate human language. This introduction will delve ...
InfoWorld

IBM launches Granite 4.0 to cut AI infra costs with hybrid Mamba-transformer models

Built for long-context tasks and edge deployments, Granite 4.0 combines Mamba’s linear scaling with transformer precision, ...
WRAL

Small explosion closes several blocks in downtown Durham

Durham Fire Department extinguished an electrical transformer fire that caused an explosion Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened around 6:45 pm when the emergency crew was dispatched and ...
The Verge

Hasbro fails to block sales of Transformer Prime

Asus will be allowed to continue selling its EeePad Transformer Prime tablet, despite complaints from Hasbro that the name would lead consumers to think that the convertible Tegra 3-tablet was ...