VRNS-RNN-3-3-5

Closed weights University of Notre Dame 1.5M parameters October 2022

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No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

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Full specification

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Origin

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Organisation
University of Notre Dame
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
4 October 2022
Authors
Brian DuSell, David Chiang

What it does

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Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling

Size

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Parameters
1.5M
Training data
912,344 tokens
Epochs
140

Availability

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Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Open (non-commercial)

code here, unclear license: https://github.com/bdusell/nondeterministic-stack-rnn

How it is classified

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Citations
5
Benchmark data
VRNS-RNN-3-3-5

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
The Surprising Computational Power of Nondeterministic Stack RNNs
Last updated
25 May 2026

What the numbers mean

What this model is

VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 was published by University of Notre Dame, in United States of America, in October 2022. The organisation is categorised as academia.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language modeling.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

What went into building it

Around 912,344 tokens went into training it.

Answers

VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 — common questions

01

What GPU do I need to run VRNS-RNN-3-3-5?

None. VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

02

Is VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 open source?

No. VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

03

How many parameters does VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 have?

VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 has 1.5M parameters. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

04

Who created VRNS-RNN-3-3-5?

VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 was published by University of Notre Dame, based in United States of America, categorised as academia.

05

When was VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 released?

VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 was published in October 2022. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

06

What is VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 used for?

VRNS-RNN-3-3-5 works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 25 May 2026

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