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submission.py
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Compatibility
measured onNVIDIA L4
declared hardwareNVIDIA L4
architecturessm_89
dtypesfp32
Benchmark evidence
1 measurement across 1 GPU, fastest first.
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revision digestsha256:afdce18e6eba134abd94f9c038df763282f952657ab7294e58e78f02c809af0f
license declaredunknown
license concludedunknown
authorsirregular
imported2026-08-15
Techniques
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fp4
• Ranked NVFP4 GEMV: (a[M,K,L], b[1,K,L], sfa[M,K//16,L], sfb[1,K//16,L], c[M,1,L])Kernel source
submission.py127 lines
# !POPCORN leaderboard ranked
import torch
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Batched GEMV in NVFP4(e2m1) with FP8(E4M3 fnuz) block scales using
# Blackwell's torch._scaled_mm() fast path.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SF_VEC = 16 # per-16 K elements
def ceil_div(a: int, b: int) -> int:
return (a + b - 1) // b
def _to_blocked(sf_2d: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
Convert FP8 scale factors from [rows, K//16] K-major to the flattened
CuTe/Blackwell block layout expected by torch._scaled_mm (view/permute/reshape only).
"""
rows, sf_k = sf_2d.shape
n_row_blocks = ceil_div(rows, 128)
n_col_blocks = ceil_div(sf_k, 4)
# [nrb,128,ncb,4] -> [nrb,ncb,128,4]
t = sf_2d.view(n_row_blocks, 128, n_col_blocks, 4).permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
# [*,128,4] -> [*,4,32,4] -> swap -> [*,32,4,4] -> [*,32,16] -> flat
t = t.reshape(-1, 128, 4).view(-1, 4, 32, 4).transpose(1, 2).reshape(-1, 32, 16)
return t.flatten()
# cached grayscale weights for 2-tensor practice probes
_GRAYSCALE_W = None
def _scaled_gemv_N1(A_mk, b1k, sfa_mk16, sfb_1k16, scale_a_blocked=None):
"""
Fast path (preferred): N=1 directly with _scaled_mm. Returns [M,1] fp16.
"""
scale_a = scale_a_blocked if scale_a_blocked is not None else _to_blocked(sfa_mk16)
scale_b = _to_blocked(sfb_1k16)
return torch._scaled_mm(
A_mk, b1k, scale_a, scale_b, bias=None, out_dtype=torch.float16
) # -> [M,1]
def _scaled_gemv_N128(A_mk, b1k, sfa_mk16, sfb_1k16, scratch_B128K, scratch_SFB128, scale_a_blocked=None):
"""
Fallback path: pad N to 128 using reusable scratch buffers.
Returns [M,1] fp16 (narrowed view of GEMM result).
"""
# reset scratch cheaply
scratch_B128K.zero_()
scratch_SFB128.fill_(1)
# real data on row 0 only
scratch_B128K[0, :].copy_(b1k[0, :])
scratch_SFB128[0, :].copy_(sfb_1k16[0, :])
scale_a = scale_a_blocked if scale_a_blocked is not None else _to_blocked(sfa_mk16)
scale_b = _to_blocked(scratch_SFB128)
outMN = torch._scaled_mm(
A_mk, scratch_B128K, scale_a, scale_b, bias=None, out_dtype=torch.float16
) # [M,128]
return outMN[:, :1]
def custom_kernel(data):
"""
Supports:
• Ranked NVFP4 GEMV: (a[M,K,L], b[1,K,L], sfa[M,K//16,L], sfb[1,K//16,L], c[M,1,L])
• Practice probe (2-tensor): (x[H,W,3], out[H,W]) → grayscale
"""
# ---- 2-tensor practice/warmup probe -----------------------------------
if len(data) == 2:
x, out = data
if x.ndim == 3 and x.shape[-1] == 3:
global _GRAYSCALE_W
if _GRAYSCALE_W is None or _GRAYSCALE_W.device != x.device or _GRAYSCALE_W.dtype != x.dtype:
_GRAYSCALE_W = torch.tensor([0.2989, 0.5870, 0.1140], device=x.device, dtype=x.dtype)
out.copy_(torch.einsum("hwc,c->hw", x, _GRAYSCALE_W))
else:
out.copy_(x)
return out
# ---- ranked path: 5 tensors -------------------------------------------
a, b, sfa, sfb, c = data
M, K, L = a.shape
# minimal sanity checks
assert b.shape[0] == 1
assert a.dtype == torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2 and b.dtype == torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2
assert c.dtype == torch.float16
assert sfa.dtype in (torch.float8_e4m3fn, getattr(torch, "float8_e4m3fnuz", torch.float8_e4m3fn))
assert sfb.dtype in (torch.float8_e4m3fn, getattr(torch, "float8_e4m3fnuz", torch.float8_e4m3fn))
N_PAD = 128
# scratch reused across all batches for the padded fallback
scratch_B128K = torch.empty((N_PAD, K), device=b.device, dtype=b.dtype)
scratch_SFB128 = torch.empty((N_PAD, K // SF_VEC), device=sfb.device, dtype=sfb.dtype)
# try N=1 once; if it throws, stick to padded fallback
use_N1 = True
# precompute scale_a (blocked) per batch once, so we don't redo it on both paths
scale_a_blocked = [None] * L
for l in range(L):
scale_a_blocked[l] = _to_blocked(sfa[:, :, l].contiguous())
for l in range(L):
A_l = a[:, :, l].contiguous() # [M,K] nvfp4
b_l = b[:, :, l].contiguous() # [1,K] nvfp4
sfa_l = sfa[:, :, l].contiguous() # [M,K//16] fp8
sfb_l = sfb[:, :, l].contiguous() # [1,K//16] fp8
if use_N1:
try:
outM1 = _scaled_gemv_N1(A_l, b_l, sfa_l, sfb_l, scale_a_blocked=scale_a_blocked[l])
except Exception:
use_N1 = False
else:
c[:, 0, l].copy_(outM1[:, 0])
continue
outM1 = _scaled_gemv_N128(
A_l, b_l, sfa_l, sfb_l,
scratch_B128K, scratch_SFB128,
scale_a_blocked=scale_a_blocked[l]
)
c[:, 0, l].copy_(outM1[:, 0])
return c
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Source code from GPU Mode and the KernelBot dataset · June 9 Researcher Reciprocity License v1.0
Changes from previous submission
Against this author's previous submission submission 74113.
Best evidence level for this revision: reported
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