RainFusion2.0: Hardware-Efficient Sparse Attention for Video and Image Generation
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •Proposes RainFusion2.0, a sparse attention mechanism for accelerating video and image generation.
- •Addresses limitations of existing sparse attention methods, including overhead and lack of hardware generality.
- •Employs block-wise mean values, spatiotemporal-aware token permutation, and a first-frame sink mechanism.
- •Achieves significant speedup (1.5-1.8x) with high sparsity (80%) without sacrificing video quality.
- •Demonstrates effectiveness across various generative models and hardware platforms.
“RainFusion2.0 can achieve 80% sparsity while achieving an end-to-end speedup of 1.5~1.8x without compromising video quality.”