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Matrix multiplication computation acceleration has been a research hotspot across various domains. Due to the characteristics of some applications, approximate matrix multiplication can achieve significant performance improvements without…
Sparse Matrix-Matrix multiplication is a key kernel that has applications in several domains such as scientific computing and graph analysis. Several algorithms have been studied in the past for this foundational kernel. In this paper, we…
General Matrix Multiplication (GEMM) is the cornerstone of HPC workloads and Deep Learning. State-of-the-art vendor libraries tune tensor layouts, parallelization schemes, and cache blocking to minimize data movement across the memory…
In this study, we propose a simple method for fault-tolerant Strassen-like matrix multiplications. The proposed method is based on using two distinct Strassen-like algorithms instead of replicating a given one. We have realized that using…
General Matrix Multiplication (GEMM) is a fundamental operation in many scientific workloads, signal processing, and particularly deep learning. It is often a bottleneck for performance and energy efficiency, especially in edge environments…
The complexity of matrix multiplication (hereafter MM) has been intensively studied since 1969, when Strassen surprisingly decreased the exponent 3 in the cubic cost of the straightforward classical MM to log 2 (7) $\approx$ 2.8074.…
FPGAs are a promising platform for accelerating Deep Learning (DL) applications, due to their high performance, low power consumption, and reconfigurability. Recently, the leading FPGA vendors have enhanced their architectures to more…
We present a novel approach for accelerating convolutions during inference for CPU-based architectures. The most common method of computation involves packing the image into the columns of a matrix (im2col) and performing general matrix…
General sparse matrix-matrix multiplication (SpGEMM) is a fundamental building block for numerous applications such as algebraic multigrid method (AMG), breadth first search and shortest path problem. Compared to other sparse BLAS routines,…
This paper lays out insights and opportunities for implementing higher-precision matrix-matrix multiplication (GEMM) from (in terms of) lower-precision high-performance GEMM. The driving case study approximates double-double precision…
This paper advocates for an intertwined design of the dense linear algebra software stack that breaks down the strict barriers between the high-level, blocked algorithms in LAPACK (Linear Algebra PACKage) and the low-level,…
We develop a fused matrix multiplication kernel that unifies sampled dense-dense matrix multiplication and sparse-dense matrix multiplication under a single operation called FusedMM. By using user-defined functions, FusedMM can capture…
In computational science and data analytics, many workloads involve irregular and sparse computations that are inherently difficult to optimize for modern hardware. A key kernel is Sparse General Matrix-Matrix Multiplication (SpGEMM), which…
General matrix multiplication (GEMM) is a ubiquitous computing kernel/algorithm for data processing in diverse applications, including artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL). Recent shift towards edge computing has inspired…
Peak breaking Matrix Multiplication is a promising technique to improve the performance of DL, especially in LLM training and inference. We present FalconGEMM, a cross-platform framework that automates the deployment, optimization, and…
This work focuses on accelerating the multiplication of a dense random matrix with a (fixed) sparse matrix, which is frequently used in sketching algorithms. We develop a novel scheme that takes advantage of blocking and recomputation…
Sparse generalized matrix-matrix multiplication (SpGEMM) is a fundamental operation for real-world network analysis. With the increasing size of real-world networks, the single-machine-based SpGEMM approach cannot perform SpGEMM on…
Emerging deep learning workloads urgently need fast general matrix multiplication (GEMM). To meet such demand, one of the critical features of machine-learning-specific accelerators such as NVIDIA Tensor Cores, AMD Matrix Cores, and Google…
There is a growing interest in custom spatial accelerators for machine learning applications. These accelerators employ a spatial array of processing elements (PEs) interacting via custom buffer hierarchies and networks-on-chip. The…
High performance dense linear algebra (DLA) libraries often rely on a general matrix multiply (Gemm) kernel that is implemented using assembly or with vector intrinsics. In particular, the real-valued Gemm kernels provide the overwhelming…