arxiv: 2603.14360 · v2 · submitted 2026-03-15 · 💻 cs.LG · cs.AI

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M²RNN: Non-Linear RNNs with Matrix-Valued States for Scalable Language Modeling

Mayank Mishra , Shawn Tan , Ion Stoica , Joseph Gonzalez , Tri Dao

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keywords non-linear RNNmatrix-valued statesstate trackinghybrid attentionlong-context generalizationlanguage modelingmixture-of-expertstensor cores

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Non-linear RNNs with matrix-valued states achieve perfect unseen-length state tracking and outperform equivalent attention hybrids by 0.4-0.5 perplexity points while using three times smaller recurrent states.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper claims that standard Transformers are confined to TC0 computations and therefore cannot handle entity tracking or similar tasks that require greater expressive power. It introduces M2RNN, which replaces scalar or vector states with matrix states updated through non-linear transitions and a state-size expansion step that maps efficiently onto tensor cores. These changes let the recurrent layers track information across arbitrary lengths without degradation. In hybrid attention-recurrent stacks the matrix RNN layers improve both short and long-context metrics on a 7B mixture-of-experts model. The same gains appear when only one recurrent layer is swapped for an M2RNN layer, showing that the architecture can be dropped into existing hybrids with little overhead.

Core claim

M2RNN demonstrates that non-linear matrix-to-matrix recurrence supplies the missing expressive power for language modeling; the model tracks entities perfectly on sequences longer than those seen in training, and hybrid M2RNN stacks achieve 0.4-0.5 lower perplexity than matched Gated DeltaNet hybrids on a 7B MoE while storing only one-third the state per recurrent layer.

What carries the argument

Matrix-valued hidden state updated by a non-linear transition function whose size is expanded on-the-fly to exploit tensor-core matrix multiplications.

If this is right

A single M2RNN layer inserted into an existing hybrid yields accuracy gains nearly identical to a full hybrid replacement.
Hybrid M2RNN models surpass prior linear-attention hybrids by up to 8 points on LongBench long-context tasks.
Recurrent state memory can be reduced by a factor of three while preserving or improving language-model quality.
Non-linear recurrence becomes a practical drop-in component for scaling language models beyond pure attention stacks.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same matrix-state mechanism could be tested on code-generation or multi-hop reasoning benchmarks that require explicit state maintenance.
Because state expansion is hardware-friendly, models could be trained at longer context lengths without proportional memory growth.
Replacing only a few layers suggests a spectrum of hybrid densities could be explored to trade throughput against generalization.

Load-bearing premise

The non-linear matrix transitions and state expansion deliver the claimed expressive power and efficiency without introducing training instability or extra compute costs at scale.

What would settle it

Training and evaluating a 7B MoE hybrid that replaces all recurrent layers with M2RNN and measuring whether perplexity on the validation set rises or state-tracking accuracy collapses on lengths twice those used in training.

read the original abstract

Transformers are highly parallel but are limited to computations in the TC$^0$ complexity class, excluding tasks such as entity tracking and code execution that provably require greater expressive power. Motivated by this limitation, we revisit non-linear Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) for language modeling and introduce Matrix-to-Matrix RNN (M$^2$RNN): an architecture with matrix-valued hidden states and expressive non-linear state transitions. We demonstrate that the language modeling performance of non-linear RNNs is limited by their state size, and show how the state size expansion mechanism enables efficient use of tensor cores. Empirically, M$^2$RNN achieves perfect state tracking generalization at sequence lengths not seen during training. These benefits also translate to large-scale language modeling. In hybrid settings that interleave recurrent layers with attention, Hybrid M$^2$RNN outperforms equivalent Gated DeltaNet hybrids by $0.4$-$0.5$ perplexity points on a 7B MoE model, while using $3\times$ smaller state sizes for the recurrent layers. Notably, replacing even a single recurrent layer with M$^2$RNN in an existing hybrid architecture yields accuracy gains comparable to Hybrid M$^2$RNN with minimal impact on training throughput. Further, the Hybrid Gated DeltaNet models with a single M$^2$RNN layer also achieve superior long-context generalization, outperforming state-of-the-art hybrid linear attention architectures by up to $8$ points on LongBench. Together, these results establish non-linear RNN layers as a compelling building block for efficient and scalable language models.

Editorial analysis

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Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

M²RNN gets solid hybrid perplexity gains and state tracking with matrix states, but the 3x smaller state claim needs direct parameter and FLOP matching to hold up.

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The main point is that this paper puts non-linear RNNs back on the table for language modeling by using matrix-valued states instead of vectors, plus a state expansion trick that plays nicely with tensor cores. In hybrids with attention it reports 0.4-0.5 lower perplexity than Gated DeltaNet equivalents on a 7B MoE while using smaller recurrent states, and it nails perfect state tracking on lengths outside the training distribution. Replacing just one layer already delivers most of the gain with almost no throughput penalty, and the long-context numbers on LongBench look useful too. The core novelty is the matrix-to-matrix non-linear transition combined with the explicit expansion mechanism; that combination is not just another gated linear RNN variant. The motivation from TC0 limits is clear and the empirical hooks are concrete. The soft spot is exactly the one flagged in the stress-test note. If the M²RNN state is a d by d matrix while the baseline uses a vector of size roughly 3d, then effective capacity and transition compute are not matched, so the efficiency advantage could shrink or disappear once total recurrent parameters and FLOPs are equalized. The abstract does not spell out the exact dimension choices or provide ablations on that point, so the paper needs to show those numbers explicitly. This is aimed at people already working on hybrid recurrent-attention models or efficient alternatives to full attention. A reader who cares about state tracking or scaling non-linear recurrences will get concrete design ideas and numbers to test. It is coherent on its own terms and the claims are falsifiable, so it deserves a serious referee even if the efficiency comparison needs tightening in revision.

Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper introduces M²RNN, a non-linear RNN with matrix-valued hidden states and non-linear state transitions for language modeling. It claims that state size limits non-linear RNN performance and that a state size expansion mechanism enables efficient tensor core use. Empirically, M²RNN achieves perfect state tracking generalization to unseen sequence lengths; in hybrid attention-recurrent models, Hybrid M²RNN outperforms equivalent Gated DeltaNet hybrids by 0.4-0.5 perplexity points on a 7B MoE model while using 3× smaller recurrent state sizes, and single-layer substitutions yield comparable gains with minimal throughput impact. Hybrid models with one M²RNN layer also improve long-context results on LongBench by up to 8 points over state-of-the-art linear attention hybrids.

Significance. If the empirical results hold under matched conditions, the work offers a concrete path toward expressive, scalable recurrent layers that address transformer limitations in TC⁰-exceeding tasks such as entity tracking. The matrix-state design and reported efficiency gains could influence hybrid architectures for long-context and stateful modeling.

major comments (2)

[Abstract] Abstract: The headline efficiency claim ('3× smaller state sizes for the recurrent layers' while beating Gated DeltaNet hybrids by 0.4-0.5 PPL) is load-bearing for the scalability argument, yet the manuscript does not demonstrate that matrix d×d states are equivalent in effective capacity or FLOPs to the vector states used in the Gated DeltaNet baselines (matrix-matrix vs. vector-matrix transitions).
[Experimental Results] Experimental sections: The reported perfect state-tracking generalization and perplexity gains lack the full experimental protocol, exact baseline configurations, error bars, ablation tables, and training details needed to evaluate robustness; without these the central empirical claims remain provisional.

minor comments (1)

[Abstract] Abstract: The TC⁰ complexity reference would benefit from a short parenthetical or citation for readers outside circuit complexity.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful review and for recognizing the potential significance of M²RNN for expressive recurrent modeling. We address the two major comments below with clarifications and commitments to strengthen the manuscript. All requested details can be provided in a revision.

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Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The headline efficiency claim ('3× smaller state sizes for the recurrent layers' while beating Gated DeltaNet hybrids by 0.4-0.5 PPL) is load-bearing for the scalability argument, yet the manuscript does not demonstrate that matrix d×d states are equivalent in effective capacity or FLOPs to the vector states used in the Gated DeltaNet baselines (matrix-matrix vs. vector-matrix transitions).

Authors: We agree that explicit equivalence between matrix-valued (d×d) and vector states must be demonstrated for the efficiency claim to be fully convincing. In M²RNN the recurrent state is a d×d matrix (d² scalar elements); Gated DeltaNet baselines use vector states whose dimension m was chosen so that m ≈ 3d², yielding the reported 3× reduction in state size (measured by element count and memory footprint). The transition FLOPs are O(d³) for the matrix-matrix multiplication in M²RNN versus O(m·d) for the vector-matrix operations in the baselines; because d is substantially smaller, the net compute per token remains comparable or lower while tensor-core utilization improves. We will add a dedicated appendix subsection with (i) a side-by-side parameter/FLOP table, (ii) explicit formulas for both architectures, and (iii) a short ablation confirming that performance gains persist when total recurrent FLOPs are strictly matched. This revision will be marked clearly in the abstract and main text. revision: yes
Referee: [Experimental Results] Experimental sections: The reported perfect state-tracking generalization and perplexity gains lack the full experimental protocol, exact baseline configurations, error bars, ablation tables, and training details needed to evaluate robustness; without these the central empirical claims remain provisional.

Authors: We acknowledge that the current manuscript is missing several reproducibility elements. In the revised version we will expand the experimental sections and add a comprehensive appendix containing: (1) the complete training protocol (optimizer, learning-rate schedule, batch size, sequence length, number of tokens, hardware), (2) exact hyper-parameter tables for every baseline and hybrid configuration, (3) error bars or standard deviations from at least three independent runs for the 7B-scale perplexity results, (4) additional ablation tables varying state dimension, transition non-linearity, and hybrid placement, and (5) the precise state-tracking task setup (vocabulary, training lengths, evaluation lengths, and success criterion). These additions will be referenced from the main text so that the central claims can be evaluated directly. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; claims rest on empirical comparisons and architectural definitions.

full rationale

The paper introduces M²RNN as a new architecture with matrix-valued states and non-linear transitions, motivated by Transformer limitations in TC^0. Key results (perfect state tracking generalization, 0.4-0.5 PPL gains in 7B MoE hybrids with 3× smaller states) are presented as direct empirical outcomes from experiments comparing to Gated DeltaNet and other baselines. No equations or steps reduce by construction to inputs (e.g., no fitted parameters renamed as predictions, no self-definitional state transitions, no load-bearing self-citations to prior author work that would make uniqueness or ansatz tautological). The derivation chain is self-contained via explicit architectural choices and external benchmarks, with no evidence of the result being equivalent to its inputs.

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