docs: backfill v9/v10 scaling runs + reframe README to v0–v10 / three phases

Add per-run design+result docs for the two Chinchilla-axis runs that were
done but never committed:
- v9 (dim1280 true-GQA, core 357M, 6.01B FineWeb tokens): double-axis scale,
  best moving-tail val 2.8854 (~3.2% below v8) — direction validated, gain
  still incremental, greedy repetition remains.
- v10 (same arch, data-only top-up to 6.765B): moving-tail 2.8816; fixed
  eval v1 v6→v10 = 3.2328/3.1850/3.1515/2.9278/2.8814.

Extend the comparison tables in docs/runs/README.md and docs/evolution.md to
v10, and reframe README to v0–v10 with Phase 3 = the v9 double-axis run. No
code changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ inference side). A learning project: hand-write the entire training-systems stac
 gradient checkpointing), then use it to run a multi-version **scaling study** that maps
 the data-vs-capacity frontier for a tiny model.
 
-> **Status: complete — two phases.**
+> **Status: complete — three phases.**
 > **Phase 1** = the from-scratch full stack (T1–T13) + an 8-version scaling study (v0–v8):
 > hand-write the whole training-systems stack, then map the data-vs-capacity frontier.
 > **Phase 2** = systems-stack depth (T14–T18): hand-write the five deferred training-stack
 > features — fused flash-attention, real GQA, gradient accumulation, process-per-GPU DDP,
-> dropout. Trains a Qwen3-compatible LM whose weights load into **xserv** and generate
+> dropout. **Phase 3** = one Chinchilla-style double-axis run (v9): dim1280 true-GQA +
-> **token-identical** output — the closed loop held byte-for-byte across both phases. This
+> 6.01B FineWeb tokens, validating the v8 conclusion that data and capacity must scale
-> README is the capstone; per-topic detail lives in [`docs/`](docs/).
+> together. Trains Qwen3-compatible LMs whose weights load into **xserv**; deterministic
+> gates stay byte-identical, while large BF16 checkpoints are served and checked for
+> prompt-level drift. This README is the capstone; per-topic detail lives in [`docs/`](docs/).
 
 ---
 
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@ borrows, the rest hand-written CUDA + Rust:
 
 Every op's backward is verified against **finite differences** and against **PyTorch**
 (forward + per-parameter grads, batch > 1). Trained weights export to HF-safetensors and
-load into xserv (Qwen3, BF16) producing token-identical greedy output — the closed loop.
+load into xserv (Qwen3, BF16); deterministic fixtures produce token-identical greedy output,
+and large checkpoints are validated end-to-end in the serving path.
 
 ## The build journey — Phase 1 (T1–T13) + Phase 2 (T14–T18)
 
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ Each is opt-in, kept the default path **bit-identical**, and held a **hard corre
   residual ~5×@8; with all 8 GPUs at 95–99% util, the residual is the **NCCL all-reduce + PCIe
   topology wall**, not context serialization. The third profile-first falsification (see below).
 
-## The scaling study — v0 → v8
+## The scaling study — v0 → v10
 
 Same Qwen3-style architecture throughout; we scaled **dim** and **data** and read out val
 loss (full per-run detail in [`docs/runs/`](docs/runs/)).
@@ -119,11 +122,13 @@ loss (full per-run detail in [`docs/runs/`](docs/runs/)).
 | v6 | FineWeb-edu 1.02ep | 768 / 127M | 3.07\* | **corpus swap → graduates to real text** |
 | v7 | FineWeb-edu 1.45ep | 768 / 127M | 3.01\* | same subset, more epochs → near-ceiling |
 | **v8** | FineWeb-edu 1.05ep | **1024 / 226M** | **2.98\*** | **capacity → helps** |
+| **v9** | FineWeb-edu 6.01B / ~1ep | **1280 / 357M + GQA** | **2.89\*** | **data + capacity → helps** |
+| **v10** | FineWeb-edu 6.76B / ~1ep | **1280 / 357M + GQA** | **2.88\*** | **data-only top-up → small gain** |
 
 \* FineWeb-edu val is a different (harder) distribution — **not comparable** to the
 TinyStories val of v0–v5. Judge v6+ by sample quality + transfer, not the number.
 
-### Three findings
+### Four findings
 
 1. **Data volume saturates.** TinyStories at dim768: 3.5× more tokens (v4→v5) bought only
    −5% val, curve flat. The narrow synthetic corpus is exhausted at this model size.
@@ -132,10 +137,18 @@ TinyStories val of v0–v5. Judge v6+ by sample quality + transfer, not the numb
    historical/scientific expository prose. (Cost: TinyStories transfer val 1.11 → 2.75.)
 3. **Capacity helps.** v8 (dim1024, ~1 epoch) beats both v6 (dim768, same epoch, by 0.085)
    and v7 (dim768, *more* data, by 0.035) → the dim768 runs were partly capacity-limited.
+4. **Double-axis scale helps.** v9 scales both axes (dim1280/core357M + 6.01B FineWeb tokens)
+   and beats v8 by another 0.095 val loss (~3.2%). The direction is validated, but the gain is
+   still incremental and greedy decoding still repeats.
+5. **Moving validation tails must stop.** v10 added one more FineWeb shard and got moving-tail
+   val 2.8816, but appending data moves the held-out tail. A fixed eval v1 was created from the
+   shard010 tail: v6/v7/v8/v9/v10 = 3.2328 / 3.1850 / 3.1515 / 2.9278 / 2.8814. Future runs
+   should report this fixed eval first.
 
-**Meta-finding:** every *single*-axis lever (data volume, corpus breadth, capacity) is now
+**Meta-finding:** every lever is now in the **~3% or smaller** regime. Single-axis moves were
-worth only **~3%**. Per the Chinchilla lesson, further gains require scaling **data and
+exhausted by v8; v9 confirms Chinchilla-style double-axis scale works; v10 shows a data-only
-capacity together** — single-axis moves are exhausted.
+top-up mostly adapts to the new shard. The next useful run should change model/context, not just
+append another shard.
 
 ## Efficiency — throughput & MFU
 
@@ -166,18 +179,18 @@ versions — a fixed-MFU estimate is off by up to ~100× for the early launch-bo
   the line: flash == composed SDPA (grads/PyTorch), GQA group=1 bit-identical to MHA, gradient
   accumulation `accum=1` bit-identical, dropout p=0 bit-identical *and* dropout × recompute
   bit-exact, the default path unchanged on every feature, and the **xserv closed-loop md5
-  byte-identical (`b04fc9f9`) throughout both phases**.
+  byte-identical (`b04fc9f9`) throughout the deterministic gates**.
-- **The closed loop matters.** Exporting to xserv and checking token-identical greedy output
+- **The closed loop matters.** Exporting to xserv and checking generated continuations caught
-  caught real bugs and proved the whole stack end-to-end.
+  real bugs and proved the whole stack end-to-end.
 
 ## Running it
 
 Everything trains on a remote 8× RTX 5090 box; model artifacts live in a registry
-(`tiny-models/v0…v8`). Serve any trained version in xserv:
+(`tiny-models/v0…v10`). Serve any trained version in xserv:
 
 ```bash
 # on the GPU box
-cargo run -p xserv-model --release --bin xserv-cli -- <registry>/v8-fineweb-edu-dim1024 --max-tokens 100
+cargo run -p xserv-model --release --bin xserv-cli -- <registry>/v10-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa-data6765 --max-tokens 100
 # then type a prompt, e.g.  In science,
 ```
 
@@ -192,6 +205,6 @@ cargo test --workspace            # autograd grad-checks, PyTorch parity, DDP, e
 ## Doc index
 
 - [`docs/evolution.md`](docs/evolution.md) — per-milestone changes across algorithm / architecture / infra / dataset.
-- [`docs/runs/README.md`](docs/runs/README.md) — the v0–v8 comparison; [`docs/runs/0N-*.md`](docs/runs/) — per-run detail.
+- [`docs/runs/README.md`](docs/runs/README.md) — the v0–v10 comparison; [`docs/runs/0N-*.md`](docs/runs/) — per-run detail.
 - [`docs/00-*` … `17-*`](docs/) — per-phase design docs (build chain → tensor → autograd → transformer → training → perf → distributed → export → batched → allocator → bf16 → recompute → flash-attention → GQA → grad-accum → process-per-GPU → dropout).
 - [`docs/known-issues.md`](docs/known-issues.md) — perf backlog (KI-1/2/3/5 fixed; process-per-GPU CLOSED = measured no-op; KI-4 = accepted modeling tradeoff).

docs/evolution.md

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 
 ---
 
-## 二、Scaling runs（v0–v8）—— 主要动「模型架构」与「数据集」
+## 二、Scaling runs（v0–v10）—— 主要动「模型架构」与「数据集」
 
-架构始终是 **Qwen3-style**（RoPE + RMSNorm + QK-norm + SwiGLU，gpt2 50257 词表），逐版放大 dim/层/头（v8 起首次拨容量轴到 dim1024）；其余维度逐版变化如下：
+架构始终是 **Qwen3-style**（RoPE + RMSNorm + QK-norm + SwiGLU，gpt2 50257 词表），逐版放大 dim/层/头（v8 起首次拨容量轴到 dim1024，v9 进入 dim1280+真 GQA 双轴点，v10 固定架构只补数据轴）；其余维度逐版变化如下：
 
 | ver | 模型架构（dim/层/头·hd · 核心/总参） | 数据集（语料 · 实训 token · epoch） | 算法/精度 | Infra（GPU · 吞吐） | 结果（val · 备注） |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
@@ -48,22 +48,27 @@
 | v6 | dim768/18L（同 v4/v5） | **FineWeb-edu** 真实网页 · 2.29B · 1.02ep | bf16 | 8 GPU · 218K | val **3.07**：⚠️**FineWeb 留出集，与 v0–v5 不可比**（真实网页熵高，~3.0 是预期）；判据=采样质量+transfer。第一版脱离 TinyStories，**语言种类质变**（小故事→真实说明文）；transfer→TinyStories val 2.75(v5 native 1.11)，纯通用数据对窄分布有代价；val 末步仍单调降=未饱和 |
 | v7 | dim768/18L（同 v4/v5/v6） | **同 v6 的 FineWeb-edu 子集**（非新数据）· 3.28B · **1.45ep** | bf16 | 8 GPU · 218K | val **3.01**（与 v6 可比）：⚠️**同子集多 epoch 近天花板**——唯一变量=epoch(1.02→1.45)，多喂 ~1B token val 仅 ↓0.05 且 ~step44000 后走平、采样无质变。与 v5 的 TinyStories 数据量饱和同类（重复老数据边际薄）；真·更多数据要**新 shards** |
 | v8 | **dim1024**/18L/**32h** · **226M/329M**（+78% 容量，ffn 2730） | **同 v6/v7 的 FineWeb-edu 子集**（非新数据）· 2.36B · **1.05ep** | bf16 **+ 激活重计算(T13)** | 8 GPU · 129K（重算税） | val **2.98**（与 v6/v7 可比）：⭐**容量轴 A/B——容量有用**：唯一变量=dim768→dim1024，同 ~1ep v6 3.07→**2.98**（↓0.085），且 v8(1.05ep) < v7(1.45ep 更多老数据) 3.01 ⇒ 放大容量 > 重复老数据 ⇒ v6/v7 部分 capacity-limited。⚠️但增益仅 ~3%、val 末步**仍在降未饱和** ⇒ **单轴(数据/容量)单步都已 ~3%/lever = 全面边际递减，要双轴一起 scale(Chinchilla)** |
+| v9 | **dim1280**/18L/**40h/10kv GQA** · **357M/486M**（ffn 4096） | **FineWeb-edu 扩展 shards 000-009** · **6.01B** · **~1.00ep** | bf16 + recompute + **flash + grad-accum + true GQA** | 8 GPU · **78.6K**（21.25h） | val **2.8854**（与 v6-v8 可比）：✅**双轴 Chinchilla 点有效**——容量从 v8 226M→357M，同时数据从 2.255B 子集→6.013B token，best val 比 v8 再降 **0.0947 (~3.2%)**。采样写真实说明文更稳一些，但 greedy 重复仍明显；收益仍是稳健增量而非质变 |
+| v10 | **同 v9** | **FineWeb-edu 扩展 shards 000-010** · **6.765B** · **~1.00ep** | bf16 + recompute + flash + grad-accum + true GQA | 8 GPU · **79.0K**（23.86h） | moving-tail val **2.8816**；固定 eval v1 上 v9 **2.9278**→v10 **2.8814**。结论：补 shard010 对新分布有效，但只补数据轴不解决 greedy 重复；后续应固定 eval set，并优先试更大模型+长 context |
 
-> 实训 token = steps×batch×seq（非数据集大小）。val 同一 1M-token TinyStories 留出集（v0–v5 可比；v6 起换 FineWeb-edu 留出集，分布不同、与 v0–v5 不可比；v6/v7/v8 同一 FineWeb 留出集、三版彼此可比 3.07/3.01/2.98）。
+> 实训 token = steps×batch×seq（非数据集大小）。v0–v5 的 val 是同一 1M-token TinyStories 留出集。v6 起换 FineWeb-edu，
+> 且 v9/v10 追加新 shards 会移动默认 tail-heldout；严格横比改用 fixed eval v1（shard010 tail 1M）：
+> v6/v7/v8/v9/v10 = **3.2328 / 3.1850 / 3.1515 / 2.9278 / 2.8814**。
 
 ---
 
 ## 三、各维度的累积演进（轴向看一条线怎么走的）
 
 - **算法**：手写 autograd(tape)+扇出累加 → AdamW/LR-sched/grad-clip → +QK-norm(Qwen3) → batched forward → bf16 混合精度(fp32 master) → 激活重计算(T13) → 融合 flash-attention(T14，online softmax + flash 式 bwd) → 梯度累积(T16，复用 tape SUM，等效大 batch 而显存随 micro) → dropout(T18，counter-based 设备 RNG + inverted scaling，train/eval 切换)。
-- **模型架构**：固定 Qwen3-style；dim **32→256→384→512→768→1024**（v8 首拨容量轴，头数 24→32）；核心参数 **41K→226M**（总 3.26M→329M）。+QK-norm(T9，Qwen3 兼容) → **真 GQA(T15，`num_kv_heads<num_heads`，repeat_kv broadcast + 组内梯度求和；默认=nh→MHA 逐位回归)**——架构补齐到现代 LLM 标配（MHA/GQA/MQA 一条 `num_kv_heads` 轴），两条 SDPA(composed/flash) 共用同一 broadcast，导出真 `num_key_value_heads` 且 xserv 闭环。
+- **模型架构**：固定 Qwen3-style；dim **32→256→384→512→768→1024→1280**（v8 首拨容量轴，v9 进入 dim1280）；核心参数 **41K→357M**（总 3.26M→486M）。+QK-norm(T9，Qwen3 兼容) → **真 GQA(T15，`num_kv_heads<num_heads`，repeat_kv broadcast + 组内梯度求和；默认=nh→MHA 逐位回归；v9 用 40 query / 10 kv）**——架构补齐到现代 LLM 标配（MHA/GQA/MQA 一条 `num_kv_heads` 轴），两条 SDPA(composed/flash) 共用同一 broadcast，导出真 `num_key_value_heads` 且 xserv 闭环。
 - **Infra**：单卡 fp32 → cuBLAS/GPU-optim(T7) → NCCL DDP(T8) → batched forward(T10) → caching allocator(T11) → bf16(T12) → 激活重计算(T13，解锁 dim1024) → flash-attention(T14，不物化 N×N，attention 显存收益随 seq 增长) → 梯度累积(T16，DDP 只在累积边界通信，显存随 micro 不随有效 batch) → process-per-GPU(T17，torchrun 式独立进程/CUDA context，复用 T8 train_rank 零改动)。吞吐 **3.3K→217K tok/s**（dim768 bf16），dim1024+重算 ~129K（重算税）；MFU **0.4%→17%**（每次提升都对应一块 perf 基建，详见 known-issues + MFU 分析）。T13/T14/T16 是三条**显存杠杆**（重计算压激活峰值、flash 不物化 N×N attention scores、梯度累积解耦有效 batch 与激活显存），可叠加放大有效 batch。**T17 实测=负结果记账**：process-per-GPU 在本尺度对吞吐**中性**（thread ~5.27× vs proc ~5.31×@8，差<1% 噪声），8 卡全 95–99% util ⇒ 残留非线性是 NCCL/PCIe 通信墙、**非**单 context 串行——把 KI-5/T11 doc 长挂的「process-per-GPU 是残留串行的解」猜想实测钉死推翻（方法论同 T11 证伪「分桶 all-reduce」）。
-- **数据集**：TinyStories 3MB 切片 → 全量 TinyStories（epoch 0.01→5.33，**至饱和**）→ **v6 毕业到 FineWeb-edu 真实网页**（2.255B 语料，1.02ep）→ **v7 同子集多 epoch（1.45ep，近顶）→ v8 同子集换大模型**（dim1024，1.05ep）。tokenizer 全程 gpt2 BPE（复用 xserv-tokenizer；v6 刻意不换 tokenizer 以隔离「数据来源」变量，KI-4 留后续版本）。
+- **数据集**：TinyStories 3MB 切片 → 全量 TinyStories（epoch 0.01→5.33，**至饱和**）→ **v6 毕业到 FineWeb-edu 真实网页**（2.255B 语料，1.02ep）→ **v7 同子集多 epoch（1.45ep，近顶）→ v8 同子集换大模型**（dim1024，1.05ep）→ **v9 扩新 FineWeb shards 到 6.013B token 并同步放大模型** → **v10 补 shard010 到 6.765B token（只拨数据轴）**。tokenizer 全程 gpt2 BPE（复用 xserv-tokenizer；保闭环优先，KI-4 接受）。
   - **v5→v6 数据轴的质变**：v0–v5 都吃合成幼儿故事（TinyStories，低熵、词汇受控），v5 证明同尺寸模型在它上面已饱和；v6 第一版换成**真实教育类网页文本**（FineWeb-edu），语言种类发生质变——采样从「只会写小故事」变成「能写历史/科学/说明文」。
   - ⚠️ **同子集多 epoch 也有天花板（v6→v7）**：v6 的 FineWeb val 才训 1.02ep、末步仍单调降，曾被读作「还没喂够」；v7 把**同一 2.255B 子集**喂到 1.45ep（多 ~1B token），FineWeb val 仅 ↓0.05（3.07→3.01）且 ~step44000 后走平、采样无质变 ⇒ **该子集在 dim768 已近天花板**。这与 v5 的 TinyStories 数据量饱和是**同一类现象**：**「重复喂老数据」边际都薄，无论是 v5 的同语料多 epoch 还是 v7 的同子集多 epoch**。真正抬天花板的是 v6「换更广的新语料」那一步——**杠杆在「更多样的新 token」，不在「同数据多读几遍」**。后续要继续降 val，必须补**新 FineWeb shards**（更多样、不重复），不是同子集加 epoch。
-  - ⚠️ **val 可比性**：v0–v5 的 val 是同一 TinyStories 1M 留出集（彼此可比）；**v6 起换 FineWeb-edu 留出集，分布不同、val 不能和 v0–v5（~1.1）比大小**——真实网页熵高，~3.0 是预期而非回退；**v6/v7/v8 同一 FineWeb 留出集、三版彼此可比**（3.07→3.01→2.98）。v6 的判据还有采样质量 + **transfer eval**（v6→TinyStories val 2.75 vs v5 native 1.11，量化「纯通用数据对窄分布的代价」）。
+  - ⚠️ **val 可比性**：v0–v5 的 val 是同一 TinyStories 1M 留出集（彼此可比）；**v6 起换 FineWeb-edu 留出集，分布不同、val 不能和 v0–v5（~1.1）比大小**——真实网页熵高，~3.0 是预期而非回退。v9/v10 追加 shards 后默认 tail-heldout 会移动，不能再只看 moving-tail best。为后续建立 fixed eval v1（shard010 tail 1M）：v6/v7/v8/v9/v10 = **3.2328 / 3.1850 / 3.1515 / 2.9278 / 2.8814**。
   - ⭐ **容量轴有用，但也只有 ~3%（v8）**：v6/v7 在 dim768 上「吃不动更多数据」，v8 用最干净的 A/B 回答了「是数据见够还是容量不够」——**冻结数据子集、纯把 dim768→dim1024（core 127M→226M，+78%）**，同 ~1 epoch 下 FineWeb val **3.07→2.98（↓0.085）**，且 v8（1.05ep）还低于 v7（1.45ep 更多老数据）的 3.01。⇒ **容量有用，v6/v7 部分是 capacity-limited（不全是数据见够）**；放大容量比「给小模型多喂老数据」更值。**但增益只有 ~3%**，与数据轴单步杠杆同量级。
-  - 🧭 **元结论：单轴单步都已 ~3%/lever = 全面边际递减，要双轴一起 scale（Chinchilla 小尺度复现）**：把三条轴并起来看——数据量轴（v5/v7 同子集多 epoch，饱和，~1.6–5%/步）、数据广度轴（v6 换语料，是一次性换分布红利）、容量轴（v8，有用但 ~3%）——**到 v8，任何单轴的单步杠杆都收敛到 ~3%/lever**。而 v8 容量 +78% 却只配同样的 2.36B token、val 末步仍在降 ⇒ 数据立刻成新瓶颈。⇒ **要继续进步，容量与数据必须匹配地一起 scale，而不是单独猛拨一根轴**——这正是 Chinchilla 在这个 toy 尺度上的复现。
+  - ✅ **双轴一起 scale 有效（v9）**：v9 把 v8 的提案落地：模型 core 226M→357M，数据 2.255B 子集→6.013B token（实训 6.012B），best FineWeb val **2.9801→2.8854**，再降 **0.0947 (~3.2%)**。这确认 Chinchilla 式双轴方向正确；但收益仍是 ~3% 级稳健增量，greedy 重复仍在，说明小尺度下“更好 val”尚未完全转化成肉眼质变。
+  - 📌 **只补数据轴边际有限（v10）**：v10 保持 v9 架构，仅补 shard010 到 6.765B token。fixed eval v1 上 v9 2.9278→v10 2.8814，说明新 shard 分布被学到；但 moving-tail best 只从 2.8854→2.8816，且 greedy 复读不变。下一步更值得改模型/context，而不是继续一片片补数据。
 
 ## 三·五、Phase 2 系统栈深度综合（T14–T18 五条特性按四维收束）
 

docs/runs/09-v9-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa.md

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+# Scaling Run v9: Chinchilla 双轴 — dim1280/18L true GQA(core 356.9M) + FineWeb-edu 6.01B token + Phase-2 stack — Design Document
+
+## Goal
+
+v8 给出的元结论是：单独拨容量轴有用，但只有约 3% 的边际；单独重复旧数据也只有约 1.6% 的边际。要继续明显超过
+v8，必须把 **模型容量 + 新 token** 一起放大，而不是只拨一根轴。
+
+v9 就是这个双轴点：
+
+1. **模型轴**：dim1024/core 226M -> **dim1280/core 356.9M**，同时启用真 GQA（40 query heads / 10 kv heads）。
+2. **数据轴**：v6-v8 的 2.255B FineWeb 子集 -> **6.013B token**，追加了新 FineWeb-edu shards 003-009。
+3. **系统栈**：使用 Phase-2 现代路径：`--flash + --accum-steps + bf16 + recompute + DDP`。dropout 设为 0，按标准预训练。
+
+> v9 的 val 仍是 FineWeb-edu 分布，不能和 v0-v5 的 TinyStories val 直接比。注意：v9 扩展 cache 后默认
+> tail-heldout 已经从 v6-v8 的旧 tail 移到新 shards 末尾；严格横比后续以 fixed eval v1 为准。
+
+## Data
+
+| 项 | 值 |
+|----|----|
+| 来源 | FineWeb-edu `sample/10BT`，原 shards 000-002 + 新 shards 003-009 |
+| token cache | `data/fineweb-edu.txt.u16.bin` |
+| 总 token | **6,013,639,492** |
+| held-out val | 末尾 **1,000,000** token |
+| train corpus | 6,012,639,492 token |
+| 训练消费 token | **6,012,600,320** = 91745 steps x effective batch 256 x seq 256 |
+| epoch | ~1.00 |
+
+P3-DATA 目标本来是约 7B token；shard 010 下载 `curl rc=18` 中断，所以最终停在 6.01B。对 core 356.9M 来说，
+D/N 约 **16.8 token/param**，低于理想 Chinchilla 20，但已经远高于 v8 的约 10.4，是一个干净的双轴 scale 点。
+
+## Architecture
+
+| 项 | v8 | **v9** |
+|----|----|----|
+| dim | 1024 | **1280** |
+| layers | 18 | 18 |
+| query heads x head_dim | 32 x 32 | **40 x 32** |
+| kv heads | 32 (MHA) | **10 (true GQA, group=4)** |
+| ffn | 2730 | **4096** |
+| core params | 226.50M | **356.89M** |
+| total params | 329.42M | **485.55M** |
+| export tensors | 201 | **201** |
+
+`config.json` writes real `num_key_value_heads = 10`, so xserv loads v9 as true GQA rather than MHA.
+
+## Training
+
+| 项 | 值 |
+|----|----|
+| optimizer | hand-written AdamW, wd=0.1 |
+| schedule | warmup -> cosine, max_lr 6e-4 -> min_lr 6e-5 |
+| grad clip | global norm 1.0 |
+| steps | **91745** |
+| effective global batch | **256** (`--batch 128 --accum-steps 2`) |
+| seq_len | 256 |
+| precision | bf16 mixed precision, fp32 master |
+| memory stack | activation recompute + flash-attention + gradient accumulation |
+| world size | 8 x RTX 5090 |
+| wall clock | **21h15m** |
+| steady throughput | **~78.6K tok/s** |
+| peak observed memory | ~17GB / GPU |
+
+Command:
+
+```sh
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 cargo run -p xtrain-distributed --release --bin train_ddp -- \
+  /opt/wjh/models/gpt2/tokenizer.json data/fineweb-edu.txt \
+  --heads 40 --head-dim 32 --kv-heads 10 --layers 18 --ffn 4096 \
+  --steps 91745 --batch 128 --accum-steps 2 --seq 256 \
+  --max-lr 6e-4 --min-lr 6e-5 --val-tokens 1000000 --eval-every 1000 \
+  --eval-batches 64 --bf16 --recompute --flash --dropout 0.0 \
+  --ckpt /dashscope-tmp/wjh/xtrain_v9.ckpt
+```
+
+## Results
+
+- train loss: **11.1550 -> 2.9340**
+- first val: step 1000 = **5.1517**
+- best val: step 91000 = **2.8854**
+- final val: step 91745 = **2.8873**
+- exit code: **0**
+
+FineWeb val curve milestones:
+
+| step | 1000 | 10000 | 20000 | 30000 | 40000 | 50000 | 60000 | 70000 | 80000 | 90000 | 91000 | final |
+|------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
+| val | 5.1517 | 3.4820 | 3.2953 | 3.2026 | 3.1422 | 3.0844 | 3.0148 | 2.9616 | 2.9160 | 2.8915 | **2.8854** | 2.8873 |
+
+The curve kept improving into the last 1K-step window, then the final eval bounced slightly from 2.8854 to 2.8873. This is close to
+the floor for this run, but not a clear overfit failure.
+
+## Comparison
+
+| | v6 | v7 | v8 | **v9** |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| model | dim768/core127M | dim768/core127M | dim1024/core226M | **dim1280/core357M + GQA** |
+| data | 2.29B | 3.28B same subset | 2.36B same subset | **6.01B expanded shards** |
+| best val | 3.0652 | 3.0149 | 2.9801 | **2.8854** |
+
+On the run-local moving tail, v9 beats v8 by **0.0947** val loss (~3.2% relative), essentially the same size as the
+v6->v8 capacity gain but now on top of it. A later fixed eval v1 check still supports the same direction
+(v8 3.1515 -> v9 2.9278 on shard010-tail holdout), while making the moving-tail caveat explicit. This confirms
+the v8 prediction: **双轴 scale 有效**. It is still an incremental gain, not a qualitative jump.
+
+## Samples
+
+xserv greedy samples (`--max-tokens 60`) are more coherent than the v8 examples on some prompts, but repetition remains:
+
+```text
+[The history of] the United States is the story of the people, the places, and the events that have shaped the nation...
+[In science,] the term "scientific method" is used to describe the process of gathering information and testing it...
+[The most important] thing is to be aware of the symptoms and to seek medical attention...
+[Water is] a natural resource that is essential for human life...
+```
+
+The model writes real explanatory English and the domain mix is FineWeb-like. Greedy decoding still falls into repeated clauses on
+some prompts (`scientific method`, symptoms, and earlier fixed prompts), so the val gain is more visible in the metric than in a
+dramatic sample-quality leap.
+
+## xserv validation
+
+Registry path:
+
+```text
+/opt/wjh/projects/tiny-models/v9-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa
+```
+
+Files:
+
+- `config.json`
+- `model.safetensors` (BF16, 201 tensors, 927MB)
+- `tokenizer.json`
+- `xtrain.ckpt` (fp32 master checkpoint, 1.9GB)
+- `RUN.md`
+
+xserv loads v9 as:
+
+```text
+Model: qwen3, layers=18, hidden=1280, heads=40/10 kv, vocab=50257
+Loaded 201 tensors
+Ready (KV cache, dtype=bf16).
+```
+
+Token-match check against xtrain greedy (`max-tokens 40`):
+
+- `Once upon a time`: xtrain and xserv matched through the checked continuation.
+- `One day`: diverged after "large, dark," (`very tall man` vs `metallic object`) from BF16 greedy tie sensitivity.
+- `The little`: same repetitive pattern, with a short BF16 path divergence.
+
+This is the same class of BF16-vs-f32 greedy drift seen in v8; the important integration result is that xserv successfully loads
+true GQA (`kv_heads=10 < heads=40`) and generates from the exported weights.

docs/runs/10-v10-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa-data6765.md

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+# Scaling Run v10: Data-axis follow-up — dim1280/18L true GQA + FineWeb-edu 6.765B token — Design Document
+
+## Goal
+
+v9 证明了双轴 scale（更大模型 + 更多新 token）有效：best val 从 v8 的 2.9801 降到 2.8854。
+但 v9 的数据量只有 6.013B token，D/N 约 16.8，低于 Chinchilla 经验里的 20。v10 的目标很窄：
+
+1. **只补数据轴**：补上 v9 中断的 FineWeb-edu shard010，把 cache 从 6.013B 推到 6.765B。
+2. **架构不变**：完全复用 v9 dim1280 / 18L / 40q-10kv GQA / ffn4096。
+3. **验证边际**：看 D/N 从 16.8 到 18.95 是否还能显著降低 val。
+
+## Data
+
+| 项 | 值 |
+|----|----|
+| 来源 | FineWeb-edu `sample/10BT`，shards 000-010 |
+| token cache | `data/fineweb-edu.txt.u16.bin` |
+| 总 token | **6,765,333,808** |
+| held-out val | 末尾 **1,000,000** token |
+| train corpus | 6,764,333,808 token |
+| 训练消费 token | **6,764,298,240** = 103215 steps x effective batch 256 x seq 256 |
+| epoch | ~1.00 |
+
+Important caveat: xtrain 当前训练入口用“全 cache 的末尾 1M token”做 held-out。追加 shard010 后，v10 的 val tail
+和 v9 的 val tail 不再是同一个切片。因此 v9 原报告的 2.8854 与 v10 原报告的 2.8816 不能被当作严格同一
+验证集上的横比。
+
+为了解决这个问题，本轮创建了固定 eval set：
+
+```text
+/dashscope-tmp/wjh/xtrain_fixed_eval_v1/fineweb-fixed-eval-v1.txt.u16.bin
+```
+
+它包含 shard010 末尾 11M token；前 10M token 只是为了复用现有 `split_tail(val_tokens=1M)`，真正 eval 的是最后
+1M token。该 fixed eval v1 对 v6-v9 都是未见数据；对 v10 也是训练时 held-out。
+
+## Architecture
+
+v10 与 v9 完全相同：
+
+| 项 | 值 |
+|----|----|
+| dim | 1280 |
+| layers | 18 |
+| query heads x head_dim | 40 x 32 |
+| kv heads | 10 (true GQA, group=4) |
+| ffn | 4096 |
+| core params | 356.89M |
+| total params | 485.55M |
+| export tensors | 201 |
+
+## Training
+
+| 项 | 值 |
+|----|----|
+| optimizer | hand-written AdamW, wd=0.1 |
+| schedule | warmup -> cosine, max_lr 6e-4 -> min_lr 6e-5 |
+| grad clip | global norm 1.0 |
+| steps | **103215** |
+| effective global batch | **256** (`--batch 128 --accum-steps 2`) |
+| seq_len | 256 |
+| precision | bf16 mixed precision, fp32 master |
+| memory stack | activation recompute + flash-attention + gradient accumulation |
+| world size | 8 x RTX 5090 |
+| wall clock | **23h51m** |
+| steady throughput | **~79.0K tok/s** |
+| peak observed memory | ~17GB / GPU |
+
+Command:
+
+```sh
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 cargo run -p xtrain-distributed --release --bin train_ddp -- \
+  /opt/wjh/models/gpt2/tokenizer.json data/fineweb-edu.txt \
+  --heads 40 --head-dim 32 --kv-heads 10 --layers 18 --ffn 4096 \
+  --steps 103215 --batch 128 --accum-steps 2 --seq 256 \
+  --max-lr 6e-4 --min-lr 6e-5 --val-tokens 1000000 --eval-every 1000 \
+  --eval-batches 64 --bf16 --recompute --flash --dropout 0.0 \
+  --ckpt /dashscope-tmp/wjh/xtrain_v10.ckpt
+```
+
+## Results
+
+- train loss: **11.1575 -> 2.9000**
+- first val: step 999 = **5.3048**
+- best val: step 103214 = **2.8816**
+- final val: step 103214 = **2.8816**
+- exit code: **0**
+
+FineWeb moving-tail val milestones:
+
+| step | 999 | 9999 | 19999 | 29999 | 39999 | 49999 | 59999 | 69999 | 79999 | 89999 | 99999 | final |
+|------|-----|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
+| val | 5.3048 | 3.5622 | 3.3282 | 3.2450 | 3.1886 | 3.1342 | 3.0714 | 3.0202 | 2.9724 | 2.9236 | 2.8950 | **2.8816** |
+
+The curve still improved at the final eval. There is no overfit signal in this run.
+
+## Fixed Eval V1
+
+Fixed eval v1 (`shard010 tail 1M`, seq256, 64 eval batches):
+
+| version | fixed eval v1 |
+|---------|---------------|
+| v6 | 3.2328 |
+| v7 | 3.1850 |
+| v8 | 3.1515 |
+| v9 | 2.9278 |
+| **v10** | **2.8814** |
+
+This is the cleanest cross-version result in the v10 round. It says:
+
+- v9's double-axis gain transfers to a shard010 holdout: v8 3.1515 -> v9 2.9278.
+- v10 further improves on the new shard010 distribution: v9 2.9278 -> v10 2.8814.
+- The apparent v9 moving-tail 2.8854 -> v10 moving-tail 2.8816 delta is tiny and not strict apples-to-apples.
+
+## Decoding
+
+Greedy decoding still repeats. Fixed prompts from xtrain:
+
+```text
+[Once upon a time] there was a king who had a daughter. She was beautiful and beautiful...
+[The little] The little boy was a little boy. The little boy was a little boy...
+[One day] I was walking down the street and I saw a man with a dog...
+```
+
+Temperature 0.8 is more varied and less immediately looped, but coherence remains weak:
+
+```text
+[Once upon a time] I was a kid who did not go to the beach to swim...
+[The little] ones are not as loud as the adults...
+[One day] I was on the edge of the water, and I saw something I had never seen before...
+```
+
+xserv loads the exported v10 true-GQA weights and generates FineWeb-like explanatory prose, but repeated sentence frames remain:
+
+```text
+[The history of] the city of San Francisco is a story of the growth of the city...
+[In science,] the term "observation" is used to describe the act of observing something...
+[Water is] the most important element in the human body...
+```
+
+Conclusion: decoding remains a separate bottleneck. The current xtrain sampler only supports greedy and temperature sampling; top-p and
+repetition penalty exist in xserv's chat path, but not in the raw xtrain sampler or `xserv-cli` path used for weight validation. A clean
+next step is to add a raw generation tool with `temperature/top-p/repetition-penalty` so decoding experiments do not depend on chat
+templates.
+
+## xserv Validation
+
+Registry path:
+
+```text
+/opt/wjh/projects/tiny-models/v10-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa-data6765
+```
+
+Files:
+
+- `config.json`
+- `model.safetensors` (BF16, 201 tensors, 927MB)
+- `tokenizer.json`
+- `xtrain.ckpt` (fp32 master checkpoint, 1.9GB)
+
+xserv loads v10 as true GQA:
+
+```text
+Model: qwen3, layers=18, hidden=1280, heads=40/10 kv, vocab=50257
+Loaded 201 tensors
+Ready (KV cache, dtype=bf16).
+```
+
+## v11 Feasibility: Bigger Model + Longer Context
+
+A v11 smoke test prioritized the user's chosen direction: larger model plus longer context.
+
+Candidate:
+
+| item | value |
+|------|-------|
+| dim / layers | 1536 / 20 |
+| heads / kv_heads | 48 / 12 |
+| ffn | 6144 |
+| core / total params | 684.26M / 838.65M |
+| stack | bf16 + recompute + flash + accum + 8 GPU DDP |
+
+Smoke results:
+
+| seq | batch / accum | effective batch | peak mem | tok/s | result |
+|-----|---------------|-----------------|----------|-------|--------|
+| 512 | 64 / 4 | 256 | **30530 MiB** | **44.7K** | 50 steps OK |
+| 1024 | 32 / 8 | 256 | **30530 MiB** | **31.0K** | 20 steps OK |
+
+Both fit, but the memory margin is thin on 32GB RTX 5090. Expected one-epoch wall clock on 6.76B tokens:
+
+- seq512: roughly **42h**
+- seq1024: roughly **61h**
+
+Recommendation: make v11 a controlled run, not a blind launch. Use fixed eval v1, keep data fixed, and choose either:
+
+1. **v11a practical**: dim1536/20L, seq512, batch64/accum4. Faster, still doubles context over v10.
+2. **v11b long-context**: dim1536/20L, seq1024, batch32/accum8. More aligned with "long context", but ~2.5 days and tight memory.
+
+For scientific clarity, v11 should not append more data before training; use the current 6.765B train cache while preserving fixed eval v1.

docs/runs/README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ val loss 一栏给的是各版**各自训练 run 报告的 best val**（held-out
 **v8 改测容量轴**：同 v6/v7 子集、纯把 dim768→dim1024（core 127M→226M），FineWeb val 3.07/3.01→**2.98** ⇒
 **容量有用**（v6/v7 部分 capacity-limited）；但增益仅 ~3%、val 末步仍在降未饱和 ⇒ **到 v8，数据轴与容量轴的
 单步杠杆都收敛到 ~3%/lever = 全面边际递减，要双轴一起 scale**（Chinchilla，详见 [08-v8](08-v8-fineweb-edu-dim1024.md)）。
+**v9 兑现双轴**：dim1024→dim1280（core 226M→357M）并把 FineWeb token 从 2.255B 子集扩到 6.013B，
+best val **2.8854**，相比 v8 再降 0.0947（~3.2%）。结论：双轴 scale 有效，但仍是稳健增量而非质变。
+**v10 只补数据轴**：同 v9 架构，只补 shard010 到 6.765B token，moving-tail best/final val **2.8816**。
+注意追加 shard 会移动 held-out tail；固定 eval v1 上 v6→v10 为 **3.2328 / 3.1850 / 3.1515 / 2.9278 / 2.8814**。
 
 ⚠️ **v6 起换了保留集（语料）**：v0–v5 的 val 都是 **TinyStories** 1M 留出集（彼此可比）；v6 换成纯
 **FineWeb-edu**（真实网页文本），它的 val（3.07）是**另一把尺子上的另一个分布**，**不能**和 v0–v5 的
@@ -39,18 +43,15 @@ val loss 一栏给的是各版**各自训练 run 报告的 best val**（held-out
 | [v6-fineweb-edu-dim768](06-v6-fineweb-edu-dim768.md) | **FineWeb-edu** 真实网页 (2.255B 语料) | ~2.29B | ~1.02 | 768 / 18 / 24·32 / 2048 (**同 v4/v5**) | 127.43M | 204.63M | **3.0652** ⚠️*(FineWeb val,与上不可比)* | **第一版脱离 TinyStories**，唯一变量=数据来源 + 8 卡 DDP bf16；~1.9h/8 卡 ~218K tok/s。**val 是另一分布**(真实网页熵高,~3.0 是预期非回退)，判据=采样质量+transfer。FineWeb val 末步仍单调降=未饱和；**transfer**: v6→TinyStories val **2.75**(v5 native 1.11)，纯通用数据对窄分布有代价。采样: v6 写真实说明文 vs v5 一律掉进小故事 |
 | [v7-fineweb-edu-dim768](07-v7-fineweb-edu-dim768.md) | **同 v6 的 2.255B FineWeb-edu 子集**(非新数据) | ~3.28B | ~1.45 | 768 / 18 / 24·32 / 2048 (**同 v4/v5/v6**) | 127.43M | 204.63M | **3.0149** *(FineWeb val,与 v6 可比)* | **唯一变量=epoch 数**(1.02→1.45) + 8 卡 DDP bf16；~4.2h/8 卡 ~218K tok/s。⚠️**核心发现：同子集多 epoch 近天花板**——多喂 ~1B token，val 仅 ↓0.05(3.07→3.01)且 ~step44000 后走平、采样无质变。真"更多数据"要**新 FineWeb shards**(更多样 token)，非重复同一子集。与 v5 的 TinyStories 数据量饱和同类(重复老数据边际薄)，v6 换语料才是抬天花板的轴 |
 | [v8-fineweb-edu-dim1024](08-v8-fineweb-edu-dim1024.md) | **同 v6/v7 的 2.255B FineWeb-edu 子集**(非新数据) | ~2.36B | ~1.05 | **1024 / 18 / 32·32 / 2730** | **226.50M** | **329.42M** | **2.9801** *(FineWeb val,与 v6/v7 可比)* | **唯一变量=模型容量**(dim768→dim1024, core 127M→226M +78%) + bf16 + **激活重计算(T13)** 装下 dim1024；~5h/8 卡 ~129K tok/s(重算税)。⭐**核心 A/B：容量有用**——同 ~1ep v6 3.07→v8 **2.98**(↓0.085)，且 v8(1.05ep) < v7(1.45ep 更多老数据) 3.01 ⇒ 放大容量 > 重复老数据 ⇒ v6/v7 部分 capacity-limited。⚠️但增益仅 ~3%(与数据轴单步同量级)，val 末步**仍在降未饱和**。**元结论：单轴(数据/容量)单步都已 ~3%/lever = 全面边际递减，要双轴一起 scale(Chinchilla)** |
+| [v9-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa](09-v9-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa.md) | **FineWeb-edu 扩展 shards 000-009**(6.013B token) | **~6.01B** | ~1.00 | **1280 / 18 / 40·32 / 4096, kv=10 GQA** | **356.89M** | **485.55M** | **2.8854** *(moving-tail FineWeb val)* | **Chinchilla 双轴**：dim1024→1280 + 真 GQA + 新 FineWeb token，Phase-2 stack(`--flash`+accum+bf16+recompute+DDP)，21.25h/8 卡 ~78.6K tok/s。相比 v8 moving-tail 再降 **0.0947 (~3.2%)**，验证双轴 scale 有效；greedy 样本更像真实说明文但仍重复，增益主要体现在 val 而非质变 |
+| [v10-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa-data6765](10-v10-fineweb-edu-dim1280-gqa-data6765.md) | **FineWeb-edu 扩展 shards 000-010**(6.765B token) | **~6.76B** | ~1.00 | **同 v9** | **356.89M** | **485.55M** | **2.8816** *(moving-tail FineWeb val)* | **只补数据轴**：同架构从头训，23.86h/8 卡 ~79.0K tok/s。moving-tail 比 v9 只低 0.0038，不宜过读；固定 eval v1 上 v9 **2.9278**→v10 **2.8814**，说明补 shard010 对新分布有效。greedy 复读未解决 |
 
 ## 下一档（提案）
 
-- **v9**（待定方向）：到 v8，**数据量轴(v5/v7 饱和) / 数据广度轴(v6 一次性红利) / 容量轴(v8 有用但 ~3%)** 三根
+- **v11**：优先走**更大模型 + 更长 context**，而不是继续只补数据。smoke 已验证 dim1536/20L/48q/12kv/ffn6144
-  单轴都已测过，且**单步杠杆都收敛到 ~3%/lever = 全面边际递减**。Chinchilla 教训在小尺度复现：v8 容量 +78% 却只配
+  能跑 seq512 和 seq1024，但峰值约 30.5GiB，贴近 5090 32GB 上限。建议先做 v11a（seq512，约 42h），
-  同样的 2.36B token，val 末步仍在降 ⇒ 数据立刻成新瓶颈 ⇒ **容量与数据要匹配地一起 scale**。v9 选项：
+  或明确接受 2.5 天预算后做 v11b（seq1024，约 61h）。v11 必须使用固定 eval v1，避免 moving-tail 继续污染横比。
-  **1. 双轴一起 scale（最符合 Chinchilla：更大模型 + 新 FineWeb shards，真 scale 但大投入)**；
-  **2. dim1024 多喂数据（最便宜：v8 才 1.05ep 未饱和，续训到 2–3ep / 加新 shards，直接验证容量是否被数据卡住)**；
-  **3. 自然收尾（8 版 + 从零全栈 + 三轴完整分析 + Chinchilla 边际元结论，学习线已讲完整个故事)**。
-  详见 [08-v8](08-v8-fineweb-edu-dim1024.md) 末尾 "v9 提案"。
 
 > **v7 时的提案（已被 v8 兑现，归档）**：v7 把首选定为「新 FineWeb shards」，把「更大模型(dim1024+，容量轴，
 > 需先做 T13 激活重计算)」列为待测。**v8 走了容量轴**并证明它有用（但 ~3%），把「是否 capacity-limited」从
 > 悬念变成了「部分是」的结论。
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