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Grouped GEMM

Theory

This example demonstrates grouped GEMM: performing multiple independent GEMM operations (with potentially different shapes) in a single kernel launch. Grouped GEMM is used in transformer models (e.g., multi-head attention), mixture-of-experts, and other architectures requiring heterogeneous batched matrix multiplications.

Mathematical Formulation: For G groups, each with its own A_g, B_g, C_g:


C_g = A_g \times B_g \quad \text{for} \quad g = 1, 2, ..., G
  • A_g: [M_g, K_g] input matrix for group g
  • B_g: [K_g, N_g] weight matrix for group g
  • C_g: [M_g, N_g] output matrix for group g

Algorithmic Background:

  • Each group can have different matrix sizes and strides.
  • The kernel launches a grid covering all groups, with each block assigned to a group.
  • Useful for variable-length sequences, multi-head attention, and expert routing.

How to Run

Prerequisites

Please follow the instructions in the main Build Guide section as a prerequisite to building and running this example.

Build and run

cd composable_kernel/example/15_grouped_gemm
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/opt/rocm/bin/hipcc ..
make -j

Run example_grouped_gemm_xdl

#arg1: verification (0=no, 1=yes)
#arg2: initialization (0=no init, 1=integer value, 2=decimal value)
#arg3: run kernel # of times (>1)
./bin/example_grouped_gemm_xdl_fp16 0 1 5

Source Code Structure

Directory Layout

example/15_grouped_gemm/
├── grouped_gemm_xdl.cpp         # Main example: sets up, runs, and verifies grouped GEMM
include/ck/tensor_operation/gpu/device/
│   └── device_grouped_gemm_xdl.hpp       # Device-level grouped GEMM API
include/ck/tensor_operation/gpu/grid/
│   └── gridwise_grouped_gemm_xdl.hpp     # Grid-level grouped GEMM kernel

Key Classes and Functions

  • DeviceGroupedGemmXdl (in device_grouped_gemm_xdl.hpp):
    Device API for grouped GEMM.
  • gridwise_grouped_gemm_xdl (in gridwise_grouped_gemm_xdl.hpp):
    Implements the tiled/blocking grouped GEMM kernel.

This example demonstrates how Composable Kernel supports efficient heterogeneous batched matrix multiplication for advanced AI/ML workloads.