Architecture
Transformer
Also known as: transformers
In one line
The neural network architecture behind almost every modern LLM.
What does Transformer mean?
Introduced by Google in 2017 ("Attention Is All You Need"), the transformer uses self-attention to process sequences in parallel. It's the foundation of GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama.
A real-world example
The "T" in GPT stands for Transformer.