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KV Cache Quantization for Diffusion Language Models

Yan Tai, Yunan Ding, Guangzhao Li, Siqi Luo, Chaoyang Zhang, Guangtao Zhai, Guodong Guo, Xiaohong Liu

Calibrates diffusion-language-model cache quantization on intermediate masked states that match the decoding process. Keeps selected keys in high precision to preserve attention choices while quantizing the remaining keys and values.

First public: · Added to this list: November 2, 2026

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arXiv:2610.39853 · Initial submission: 2026-10-29

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