--- title: "Self-Attention in Transformers: Computation Logic and Implementation" url: https://daily.dev/posts/self-attention-in-transformers-computation-logic-and-implementation-qaqwnbvh9 source_url: https://pub.towardsai.net/self-attention-in-transformers-computation-logic-and-implementation-ae5072b60abc type: article source: "Towards AI" published: 2024-04-28T05:35:20.204Z updated: 2024-05-09T09:30:38.138Z tags: ["machine-learning", "transformers"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Self-Attention in Transformers: Computation Logic and Implementation **[Towards AI](https://daily.dev/sources/tai)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post explains the computation logic and implementation of self-attention in transformers. It covers the calculation of attention weights, obtaining value vectors and context vectors, and practical optimizations for computational efficiency. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#transformers](https://daily.dev/tags/transformers) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/self-attention-in-transformers-computation-logic-and-implementation-qaqwnbvh9)