---
language:
- hi
- en
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- dense
- transformer
- indic
- hindi
- hinglish
- english
- gqa
- gemma-4
- pytorch
- text-generation
pipeline_tag: text-generation
---

# ViuMini-Dense-360M (Sovereign 32-Layer Dense Transformer)

**ViuMini-Dense-360M** is a sovereign Indian Small Language Model (SLM) featuring a **32-Layer Deep Dense Transformer** architecture optimized for hierarchical multi-step reasoning, Indic multilingual fluency (Hindi, Hinglish, English), and high-speed on-device inference (mobile phones, laptops, and consumer GPUs).

Unlike sparse MoE models where routing instability and inactive parameters limit depth and reasoning density, **ViuMini-Dense-360M** dedicates **100% of its 366.6 Million parameters** to every single token, delivering 2.2× higher active cognitive capacity per forward pass with rock-solid gradient stability.

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## 🏛️ Architecture Specifications

| Specification | Value | Technical Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| **Total Parameters** | **366,617,536 (~366.6M)** | Exact SmolLM-360M blueprint scaled for Indic |
| **Active Parameters / Token** | **366.6M (100% Active)** | No routing overhead, no expert collapse |
| **Layers (`n_layers`)** | **32 Deep Layers** | Ultra-deep hierarchical reasoning abstraction |
| **Hidden Dimension (`dim`)** | **960** | Optimal representation width for SLM |
| **Attention Heads (`n_heads`)** | **15 Query Heads** | Head dimension $d_{\text{head}} = 64$ ($15 \times 64 = 960$) |
| **KV Heads (`n_kv_heads`)** | **5 KV Heads (GQA)** | 3:1 Grouped-Query Attention saving 66% KV cache |
| **Feed-Forward Dimension (`hidden_dim`)**| **2,624** | SwiGLU MLP ($h = 64 \times \lceil 2592/64 \rceil$, `mult=2.7`, `multiple_of=64`) |
| **Vocabulary Size** | **48,000 Tokens** | Custom BPE optimized for Devanagari, Hinglish & Code |
| **Embeddings** | **Weight-Tied** | Input embeddings tied to LM output head (saves 46M params) |
| **Attention Stability** | **Gemma 4 Pure QK-Norm** | RMSNorm on Q and K; zero gradient saturation |
| **Positional Encoding** | **Rotary RoPE ($\theta = 500,000$)** | High-frequency positional precision, long-context ready |
| **Context Length (`max_seq_len`)** | **2,048 Tokens** | 3-Stage Curriculum: $512 \rightarrow 1,024 \rightarrow 2,048$ tokens |
| **Optimizer** | **PagedAdamW8bit** | Stable, decoupled weight decay, zero OOM spikes |
| **Learning Rate** | **$2.5 \times 10^{-4}$ (Cosine)** | 1,000 warmup steps, grad clip 1.0 |

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## 🚀 Why 32-Layer Dense beats 242M MoE

1. **2.2× Higher Cognitive Capacity per Token**:
   - Old `ViuMini-MoE-242M` only activated ~166M parameters per token (with 76M parameters sitting idle).
   - **ViuMini-Dense-360M activates all 366.6M parameters on every token**.
2. **32 Layers of Hierarchical Reasoning**:
   - 32 sequential layers provide deep multi-step deduction, grammar parsing, and factual recall compared to shallower configurations.
3. **Rock-Solid Training Stability**:
   - MoE router collapse (where routers get stuck picking the same 1–2 experts) and auxiliary loss fighting are completely eliminated.
   - PagedAdamW8bit with $2.5 \times 10^{-4}$ learning rate and Gemma 4 QK-Norm guarantees clean loss convergence from the initial theoretical loss ($\ln(48,000) \approx 10.78$).
4. **Zero-Friction Deployment (1-Click GGUF / Ollama)**:
   - Dense models run natively in `llama.cpp`, Ollama, vLLM, MLC-LLM, and LM Studio without custom MoE routing kernels.
   - 4-bit quantized footprint is under **220 MB RAM**, running at **100+ tokens/second** directly on mobile devices and laptops.

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## 📚 Pretraining Dataset

- **Dataset Repo**: `ViuAI/viu-mini-raw-pretrain`
- **Total Volume**: **126.5B+ authentic tokens** across **2,109 verified Parquet files**
- **Domain Coverage**:
  - *Hindi & Devanagari*: Valmiki Ramayana, Mahabharata, 16 Mahapuranas, 4 Vedas, Hindi literature & news.
  - *Hinglish & Colloquial*: Bollywood cinema screenplays, conversational dialogues, social chat.
  - *Reasoning & Code*: DeepSeek-R1 math, Orca math, GSM8K, Python code & algorithms.
  - *Indian Governance, Law & Finance*: Constitution of India, BNS/BNSS/BSA 2023 statutes, Supreme Court judgments, RBI circulars & financial news.
  - *Parallel Translation*: AI4Bharat Samanantar (26 Million English $\leftrightarrow$ Hindi sentence pairs).

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## ⚡ Kaggle Dual Tesla T4 Pretraining

Pretraining is fully automated and session-proof on Kaggle Dual Tesla T4 (2×16GB):

```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone https://huggingface.co/ViuAI/ViuMini-Dense-360M /kaggle/working/ViuMini-Dense-360M
cd /kaggle/working/ViuMini-Dense-360M

# Run pretraining using the dedicated Kaggle config
torchrun --nproc_per_node=2 model/scripts/train.py --config model/configs/train_kaggle_t4.yaml
```

- **Curriculum Batching**: Constant **65,536 tokens/step** across Dual T4:
  - *Stage 1 (0–50k steps)*: seq 512, micro-batch 8 per GPU, accum 8 $\rightarrow$ $512 \times 8 \times 16 = 65,536$ tok/step
  - *Stage 2 (50k–200k steps)*: seq 1024, micro-batch 4 per GPU, accum 8 $\rightarrow$ $1024 \times 4 \times 16 = 65,536$ tok/step
  - *Stage 3 (200k+ steps)*: seq 2048, micro-batch 2 per GPU, accum 8 $\rightarrow$ $2048 \times 2 \times 16 = 65,536$ tok/step
- **Throughput & Cadence**: ~8,500 – 10,000 tokens/sec across Dual T4.
  - Every **1,000 steps** $\approx$ **65.5 Million tokens** ($\approx$ **2.14 hours**), pushed directly to Hugging Face Hub.
  - Full 126.5B dataset pretraining: $\approx$ 1,930,000 steps.
- **VRAM Utilization**: ~3.4 GB / 16 GB per T4 (12.6 GB safety headroom, zero OOM risk).

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## 📁 Repository Structure

```
ViuMini-Dense-360M/
├── model/
│   ├── configs/
│   │   ├── viu1_dense_config.yaml    # 32L Dense model architecture (366.6M params)
│   │   ├── train_kaggle_t4.yaml      # Kaggle Dual T4 DDP training config
│   │   ├── train_config.yaml         # Universal pretraining config
│   │   └── config.json               # Hugging Face compatible architecture config
│   └── scripts/
│       ├── viu1_dense.py             # ViuMini Transformer engine (32L Dense + QK-Norm + GQA)
│       ├── train.py                  # Distributed DDP pretrainer with HF streaming & auto-push
│       └── push_to_hf.py             # Hub sync utility
├── tokenizer/
│   ├── configs/
│   └── outputs/                      # Custom 48,000 Indic BPE tokenizer
├── docs/
│   ├── KAGGLE_RUN.md                 # Single-cell copy-paste Kaggle guide
│   └── PROGRESS.md                   # Development milestones & audit logs
└── README.md
```

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## 📜 License
Apache-2.0. Sovereign AI initiative by ViuAI.