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FP8 attention: where does the precision break, and how do incoherent processing and per-block scales help?

Three quantization points sit inside FP8 attention, and they fail for different reasons: outlier channels in keys, a probability matrix that lives near zero, and accumulators. The answer simulates each one and says which fix addresses which.

Updated Oct 2026 · Worked answers on inference mechanisms, with calculations, implementation details, and follow-up questions.

Three quantization points sit inside FP8 attention, and they fail for different reasons: outlier channels in keys, a probability matrix that lives near zero, and accumulators. The answer simulates each one and says which fix addresses which.

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