Experiment · runtime perf

MLXFast SDPA and tied-embedding audit

The suspected SDPA mask/contiguity and tied-embedding duplication issues were not present. Retained outcome: worked.

Outcome
worked
Family
runtime perf
Evidence confidence
not applicable
Record
infrastructure

Evidence readout

audit found SDPA call sites and tied-embedding build/save/load paths clean; build succeeded and sample smoke reached `603 tok/s` on demo and `261 tok/s` on mega5

What the attempt taught

The suspected SDPA mask/contiguity and tied-embedding duplication issues were not present.

Method and scope

  • Experiment family: runtime perf.
  • Record kind: infrastructure.

Disposition

Keep this as positive verification; only reopen if new SDPA call sites or untied embedding save paths are added.

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