Related papers: PackSELL: A Sparse Matrix Format for Precision-Agn…
Sparse matrix-vector multiplication (SpMV) is crucial in computational science, engineering, and machine learning. Despite substantial efforts to improve SpMV performance on GPUs through various techniques, issues related to data locality,…
HipMCL is a high-performance distributed memory implementation of the popular Markov Cluster Algorithm (MCL) and can cluster large-scale networks within hours using a few thousand CPU-equipped nodes. It relies on sparse matrix computations…
Sparse matrix-vector multiplication (SpMV) multiplies a sparse matrix with a dense vector. SpMV plays a crucial role in many applications, from graph analytics to deep learning. The random memory accesses of the sparse matrix make…
Sparse Matrix-matrix Multiplication (SpMM) and Sampled Dense-dense Matrix Multiplication (SDDMM) are important sparse operators in scientific computing and deep learning. Tensor Core Units (TCUs) enhance modern accelerators with superior…
We propose different implementations of the sparse matrix--dense vector multiplication (\spmv{}) for finite fields and rings $\Zb/m\Zb$. We take advantage of graphic card processors (GPU) and multi-core architectures. Our aim is to improve…
Sparsity, which occurs in both scientific applications and Deep Learning (DL) models, has been a key target of optimization within recent ASIC accelerators due to the potential memory and compute savings. These applications use data stored…
Sparse matrices are the key ingredients of several application domains, from scientific computation to machine learning. The primary challenge with sparse matrices has been efficiently storing and transferring data, for which many sparse…
Sparse matrices are an integral part of scientific simulations. As hardware evolves new sparse matrix storage formats are proposed aiming to exploit optimizations specific to the new hardware. In the era of heterogeneous computing, users…
Sparse matrix vector multiplication (SpMV) is a fundamental kernel in scientific codes that rely on iterative solvers. In this first part of our work, we present both a sequential and a basic MPI parallel implementations of SpMV, aiming to…
Deep Learning (DL) acceleration support in CPUs has recently gained a lot of traction, with several companies (Arm, Intel, IBM) announcing products with specialized matrix engines accessible via GEMM instructions. CPUs are pervasive and…
This paper shows how to optimize sparse tensor algebraic expressions by introducing temporary tensors, called workspaces, into the resulting loop nests. We develop a new intermediate language for tensor operations called concrete index…
Many recent GPUs feature matrix multiplication engines (aka Tensor Core Units or TCUs) that perform small fixed-size matrix-matrix products at very high throughput. They have been used very effectively to speed up dense matrix-matrix…
Sparse matrix vector multiplication (SpMV) is one of the most common operations in scientific and high-performance applications, and is often responsible for the application performance bottleneck. While the sparse matrix representation has…
Reducing the computational cost of running large scale neural networks using sparsity has attracted great attention in the deep learning community. While much success has been achieved in reducing FLOP and parameter counts while maintaining…
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…
Sparse matrix-sparse matrix multiplication (SpGEMM) is a key kernel in many scientific applications and graph workloads. Unfortunately, SpGEMM is bottlenecked by data movement due to its irregular memory access patterns. Significant work…
In this paper, we focus on devising a versatile framework for dense pixelwise prediction whose goal is to assign a discrete or continuous label to each pixel for an image. It is well-known that the reduced feature resolution due to repeated…
We introduce a fast and efficient convolutional neural network, ESPNet, for semantic segmentation of high resolution images under resource constraints. ESPNet is based on a new convolutional module, efficient spatial pyramid (ESP), which is…
This paper addresses spatial programming of sparse matrix computations for productive performance. The challenge is how to express an irregular computation and its optimizations in a regular way. A sparse matrix has (non-zero) values and a…
Sparse matrix-vector multiplication is often employed in many data-analytic workloads in which low latency and high throughput are more valuable than exact numerical convergence. FPGAs provide quick execution times while offering precise…