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We present a method for solving the general mixed constrained convex quadratic programming problem using an active set method on the dual problem. The approach is similar to existing active set methods, but we present a new way of solving…

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In this paper, we explore FP8 low-bit data formats for efficient training of large language models (LLMs). Our key insight is that most variables, such as gradients and optimizer states, in LLM training can employ low-precision data formats…

Modern AI accelerators provide high-throughput low-precision matrix engines, but their support for FP32 GEMM is often limited or inefficient. This work presents SGEMM-cube, a precision-recovery FP32 GEMM approximation on Ascend NPUs using…

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We present evidence of the feasibility of using billion core approximate computers to run simple U(1) sigma models, and discuss how the approach might be extended to Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (LQCD) models. This work is motivated by…

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In this paper, we report the results obtained from the acceleration of multi-binary64-type multiple precision matrix multiplication with AVX2. We target double-double (DD), triple-double (TD), and quad-double (QD) precision arithmetic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Tomonori Kouya

We investigate implementation of lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) code on the Intel Xeon Phi Knights Landing (KNL). The most time consuming part of the numerical simulations of lattice QCD is a solver of linear equation for a large…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2017-12-06 Issaku Kanamori , Hideo Matsufuru

The use of low-precision fixed-point arithmetic along with stochastic rounding has been proposed as a promising alternative to the commonly used 32-bit floating point arithmetic to enhance training neural networks training in terms of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Marc Ortiz , Adrián Cristal , Eduard Ayguadé , Marc Casas

We present FPDetect, a low overhead approach for detecting logical errors and soft errors affecting stencil computations without generating false positives. We develop an offline analysis that tightly estimates the number of floating-point…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-06 Arnab Das , Sriram Krishnamoorthy , Ian Briggs , Ganesh Gopalakrishnan , Ramakrishna Tipireddy

Multiple-precision floating-point branch-free algorithms can significantly accelerate multi-component arithmetic implemented by combining hardware-based binary64 and binary32, particularly for triple- and quadruple-precision computations.…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Tomonori Kouya

The precise analysis and accurate measurement of harmonic provides a reliable scientific industrial application. However, the high-performance DSP processor is the important method of electrical harmonic analysis. Hence, in this research…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-13 Rozita Teymourzadeh , Memtode Jim , Mok Vee hong

This work focuses on the numerical study of a recently published class of Runge-Kutta methods designed for mixed-precision arithmetic. We employ the methods in solving partial differential equations on modern hardware. In particular we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Ivo Dravins , Marcel Koch , Victoria Griehl , Katharina Kormann

We employ the Partially Saturated Cells Method (PSM) to model the interaction between the fluid flow and solid moving objects as an extension to the conventional lattice Boltzmann method. We introduce an efficient and accurate method for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-28 P. Suffa , S. Kemmler , H. Koestler , U. Ruede

Errors in floating-point programs can lead to severe consequences, particularly in critical domains such as military, aerospace, and financial systems, making their repair a crucial research problem. In practice, some errors can be fixed…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Youshuai Tan , Zishuo Ding , Jinfu Chen , Weiyi Shang

Large Language Models (LLMs) fine-tuning technologies have achieved remarkable results. However, traditional LLM fine-tuning approaches face significant challenges: they require large Floating Point (FP) computation, raising privacy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Sifan Zhou , Shuo Wang , Zhihang Yuan , Mingjia Shi , Yuzhang Shang , Dawei Yang

In the field of High Performance Computing, communications among processes represent a typical bottleneck for massively parallel scientific applications. Object of this research is the development of a network interface card with specific…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-07 Roberto Ammendola

Support for lower precision computation is becoming more common in accelerator hardware due to lower power usage, reduced data movement and increased computational performance. However, computational science and engineering (CSE) problems…

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Finite element simulations play a critical role in a wide range of applications, from automotive design to tsunami modeling and computational electromagnetics. Performing these simulations efficiently at the high resolutions needed for…

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The past decade has witnessed a dramatic acceleration of lattice quantum chromodynamics calculations in nuclear and particle physics. This has been due to both significant progress in accelerating the iterative linear solvers using…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-12-26 M. A. Clark , Bálint Joó , Alexei Strelchenko , Michael Cheng , Arjun Gambhir , Richard Brower

The solution for non-linear, complex partial differential Equations (PDEs) is achieved through numerical approximations, which yield a linear system of equations. This approach is prevalent in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), but it…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-06 Ferdin Sagai Don Bosco , Dhamotharan S , Rut Lineswala , Abhishek Chopra

We present an implementation of phaseless Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo (ph-AFQMC) utilizing graphical processing units (GPUs). The AFQMC method is recast in terms of matrix operations which are spread across thousands of processing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-09-07 James Shee , Evan J. Arthur , Shiwei Zhang , David R. Reichman , Richard A. Friesner