LSTM-300units

Closed weights RWTH Aachen University 12M parameters September 2012

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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

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
RWTH Aachen University
Organisation type
Academia
Country
Germany
Published
1 September 2012
Authors
Martin Sundermeyer, Ralf Schlüter, Hermann Ney

What it does

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Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling

Size

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Parameters
12M
Training data
929,000 tokens

Availability

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Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

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Citations
2,503
Benchmark data
LSTM-300units

Sources

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Reference
LSTM Neural Networks for Language Modeling
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

LSTM-300units was published by RWTH Aachen University, in the country recorded as Germany, during September 2012. The publishing organisation is categorised as academia.

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of language modeling.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

Training and provenance

Training consumed a corpus of around 929,000 tokens of text.

Answers

LSTM-300units — common questions

01

LSTM-300units— is it open source?

No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

02

LSTM-300units— how many parameters does it have?

It has a parameter count of 12M. 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.

03

LSTM-300units— who created it?

It was published by RWTH Aachen University, based in Germany, an organisation categorised as academia.

04

LSTM-300units— when was it released?

It was published in September 2012. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

05

LSTM-300units— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of 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.

06

LSTM-300units— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This 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.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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