- Multi-Threaded int8 GEMM (Input - uint8_t, int8_t, Output - int32_t).
AVX512_vnni based micro-kernel for int8 gemm. Paralellization supported
along m and n dimensions.
- Multi-Threaded B matrix reorder support for sgemm. Reordering B matrix
is packing entire B matrix upfront before sgemm. It allows sgemm to
take advantage of packed B matrix without incurring packing costs during
runtime.
- Makefile updates to addon make rules to compile avx512 code for
selected files in addon folder.
- CPU features query enhancements to check for AVX512_VNNI flag.
- Bench for int8 gemm and sgemm with B matrix reorder. Supports
performance mode for benchmarking and accuracy mode for testing code
correctness.
AMD-Internal: [CPUPL-2102]
Change-Id: I8fb25f5c2fbd97d756f95b623332cb29e3b8d182
Details:
- Implemented a new feature called addons, which are similar to
sandboxes except that there is no requirement to define gemm or any
other particular operation.
- Updated configure to accept --enable-addon=<name> or -a <name> syntax
for requesting an addon be included within a BLIS build. configure now
outputs the list of enabled addons into config.mk. It also outputs the
corresponding #include directives for the addons' headers to a new
companion to the bli_config.h header file named bli_addon.h. Because
addons may wish to make use of existing BLIS types within their own
definitions, the addons' headers must be included sometime after that
of bli_config.h (which currently is #included before bli_type_defs.h).
This is why the #include directives needed to go into a new top-level
header file rather than the existing bli_config.h file.
- Added a markdown document, docs/Addons.md, to explain addons, how to
build with them, and what assumptions their authors should keep in
mind as they create them.
- Added a gemmlike-like implementation of sandwich gemm called 'gemmd'
as an addon in addon/gemmd. The code uses a 'bao_' prefix for local
functions, including the user-level object and typed APIs.
- Updated .gitignore so that git ignores bli_addon.h files.
Change-Id: Ie7efdea366481ce25075cb2459bdbcfd52309717
