📌 Day 15: 21 Days of Building a Small Language Model: RMSNorm📌

RMSNorm removes mean computation from LayerNorm, making it ~40% faster while maintaining the same training stability.

Most modern models like LLaMA, Qwen, and DeepSeek all use RMSNorm instead of the original LayerNorm.

🔗 Blog link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-15-21-days-building-small-language-model-rmsnorm-prashant-lakhera-7xyhc

I’ve covered all the concepts here at a high level to keep things simple. For a deeper exploration of these topics, feel free to check out my book "Building A Small Language Model from Scratch: A Practical Guide."

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