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GEMM with CK Tile

This example demonstrates matrix multiplication (GEMM) using the CK Tile programming model, focusing on tile-based parallelism and modular kernel design.


Algorithm and Math

GEMM computes:


C = A \times B

where A is [M, K], B is [K, N], and C is [M, N].

  • Tilewise GEMM: Each thread block computes a tile of C by loading tiles of A and B, performing blockwise matrix multiply-accumulate, and writing results back.

Tile Programming Model

  • Tiles: Each thread block processes a tile of C.
  • Pipeline: Modular design allows swapping different memory/computation pipelines (e.g., basic, memory-bound).

Features

  • Flexible Layouts: Supports row/column-major and custom strides for A, B, C.
  • Batching: Batched GEMM supported.
  • Precision: Supports fp16, bf16, fp8, bf8.
  • Validation: CPU/GPU validation and error tolerance options.

Build & Run

mkdir build && cd build
# you can replace <arch> with the appropriate architecture (for example gfx90a or gfx942) or leave it blank
../script/cmake-ck-dev.sh  ../ <arch>
# The basic pipeline method on the gemm calculation
make tile_example_gemm_basic -j`nproc`
# The memory bound pipeline on the gemm calculation
make tile_example_gemm_universal -j`nproc`
# The weight preshuffle pipeline on the gemm calculation
make tile_example_gemm_weight_preshuffle -j`nproc`

This will result in an executable build/bin/tile_example_gemm_basic & build/bin/tile_example_gemm_universal

example

args:
          -m    m dimension (default:1024)
          -n    n dimension (default:2048)
          -k    k dimension (default:64)
   -a_layout    Tensor A data layout (default: R)
   -b_layout    Tensor B data layout (default: C)
   -c_layout    Tensor C data layout (default: R)
   -stride_a    Tensor A stride (default:0)
   -stride_b    Tensor B stride (default:0)
   -stride_c    Tensor C stride (default:0)
          -v    0. No validation, 1. Validation on CPU, 2. Validation on GPU (default:2)
       -prec    data type. fp16/bf16/fp8/bf8 (default:fp16)
     -warmup    number of iterations before benchmark the kernel (default:50)
     -repeat    number of iterations to benchmark the kernel (default:100)
      -timer    gpu:gpu timer, cpu:cpu timer (default:gpu)
          -split_k    splitK value (default:1)
       -init    0:random, 1:linear, 2:constant(1) (default:0)
 -persistent    0:non-persistent, 1:persistent (default:0)
       -json    0: No Json, 1: Dump Results in Json format (default:0)
   -jsonfile    json file name to dump results (default:gemm.json)

Source Structure

  • Kernels: gemm_basic.cpp, universal_gemm.cpp (different pipelines)
  • Utils: gemm_utils.hpp (helper functions)
  • Build: CMakeLists.txt, run_gemm_example.inc
  • Scripts: script/ (build and run helpers)

For distribution, see include/ck_tile/tile_program/tile_distribution/.


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