Developer Creates SM1: A Pure PyTorch Mamba1 Variant Optimized for Blackwell

Core summary

One sentence to understand this update

A developer announced the creation of SM1, a Mamba1 variant with `d_state=1` that runs on Blackwell in pure PyTorch, offering an alternative to mamba-ssm which has Windows compilation issues.

Impact & opportunity

What this could mean

Builders targeting Blackwell architecture or facing Windows compatibility issues with mamba-ssm can now utilize SM1 for efficient and pure PyTorch-based Mamba-like models.