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reference.py
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measured onNVIDIA B200
declared hardwareNVIDIA B200
architecturessm_100
dtypesfp8_e4m3, nvfp4
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PyTorch reference implementation of NVFP4 block-scaled GEMM.Kernel source
reference.py178 lines
import torch
from task import input_t, output_t
from utils import make_match_reference
# Scaling factor vector size
sf_vec_size = 16
# Helper function for ceiling division
def ceil_div(a, b):
return (a + b - 1) // b
# Helper function to convert scale factor tensor to blocked format
def to_blocked(input_matrix):
rows, cols = input_matrix.shape
# Please ensure rows and cols are multiples of 128 and 4 respectively
n_row_blocks = ceil_div(rows, 128)
n_col_blocks = ceil_div(cols, 4)
padded = input_matrix
blocks = padded.view(n_row_blocks, 128, n_col_blocks, 4).permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
rearranged = blocks.reshape(-1, 4, 32, 4).transpose(1, 2).reshape(-1, 32, 16)
return rearranged.flatten()
def custom_kernel(
data: input_t,
) -> output_t:
"""
PyTorch reference implementation of NVFP4 block-scaled GEMM.
"""
a_ref, b_ref, sfa_ref_cpu, sfb_ref_cpu, _, _, c_ref = data
# Get dimensions from MxNxL layout
_, _, l = c_ref.shape
# Call torch._scaled_mm to compute the GEMM result
for l_idx in range(l):
# Convert the scale factor tensor to blocked format
scale_a = to_blocked(sfa_ref_cpu[:, :, l_idx])
scale_b = to_blocked(sfb_ref_cpu[:, :, l_idx])
# (m, k) @ (n, k).T -> (m, n)
res = torch._scaled_mm(
a_ref[:, :, l_idx],
b_ref[:, :, l_idx].transpose(0, 1),
scale_a.cuda(),
scale_b.cuda(),
bias=None,
out_dtype=torch.float16,
)
c_ref[:, :, l_idx] = res
return c_ref
def generate_input(
m: int,
n: int,
k: int,
l: int,
seed: int,
):
"""
Generate input tensors for NVFP4 block-scaled GEMM.
Args:
m: Number of rows in matrix A
n: Number of columns in matrix B
k: Number of columns in A and rows of B
l: Batch size
seed: Random seed for reproducibility
Returns:
Tuple of (a, b, scale_a, scale_b, c) where:
a: [m, k, l] - Input matrix in torch.float4e2m1fn_x2 data type
b: [n, k, l] - Input matrix in torch.float4e2m1fn_x2 data type
scale_a: [m, k, l] - Input scale factors in torch.float8e4m3fn data type
scale_b: [n, k, l] - Input scale factors in torch.float8e4m3fn data type
scale_a_permuted: [32, 4, rest_m, 4, rest_k, l] - Input scale factors in torch.float8e4m3fn data type
scale_b_permuted: [32, 4, rest_n, 4, rest_k, l] - Input scale factors in torch.float8e4m3fn data type
c: [m, n, l] - Output matrix in torch.float16 data type
"""
torch.manual_seed(seed)
# Generate uint8 tensor, then convert to float4e2m1fn_x2 data type
a_ref = torch.randint(
-128, 128, (l, m, k // 2), dtype=torch.int8, device="cuda"
).permute(1, 2, 0)
b_ref = torch.randint(
-128, 128, (l, n, k // 2), dtype=torch.int8, device="cuda"
).permute(1, 2, 0)
a_ref = a_ref.view(torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2)
b_ref = b_ref.view(torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2)
# Create float16 output tensor
c_ref = torch.randn((l, m, n), dtype=torch.float16, device="cuda").permute(1, 2, 0)
# Helper function to prepare the scale factor tensors for both reference
# kernel and customize kernel. The customized data layout can be found in:
# https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cublas/index.html?highlight=fp4#d-block-scaling-factors-layout
def create_scale_factor_tensors(l, mn, sf_k):
# Create the reference scale factor tensor (mn, sf_k, l) on CPU.
ref_shape = (l, mn, sf_k)
ref_permute_order = (1, 2, 0)
# Init with uint8 tensor, then convert to float8_e4m3fn
ref_f8_random_int = torch.randint(
0, 4, ref_shape, dtype=torch.int8, device="cuda"
)
ref_f8_torch_tensor = ref_f8_random_int.to(dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
# permute to match ref_permute_order
ref_f8_torch_tensor_permuted = ref_f8_torch_tensor.permute(*ref_permute_order)
atom_m = (32, 4)
atom_k = 4
mma_shape = (
l, # batch size
ceil_div(mn, atom_m[0] * atom_m[1]),
ceil_div(sf_k, atom_k),
atom_m[0],
atom_m[1],
atom_k,
)
# Reorder scale factor tensor to (32, 4, rest_m, 4, rest_k, l) layout
# Which is needed by the CuTe customized kernel
mma_permute_order = (3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 0)
# Generate a random int8 tensor, then convert to float8_e4m3fn
rand_int_tensor = torch.randint(
0, 4, mma_shape, dtype=torch.int8, device="cuda"
)
reordered_f8_torch_tensor = rand_int_tensor.to(dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
# Permute according to mma_permute_order
reordered_f8_torch_tensor = reordered_f8_torch_tensor.permute(
*mma_permute_order
)
# GPU-side vectorized reordering (replaces slow CPU nested loops)
# Create index grids for all dimensions
i_idx = torch.arange(mn, device="cuda")
j_idx = torch.arange(sf_k, device="cuda")
b_idx = torch.arange(l, device="cuda")
# Create meshgrid for all combinations of (i, j, b)
i_grid, j_grid, b_grid = torch.meshgrid(i_idx, j_idx, b_idx, indexing="ij")
# Calculate target indices in vectorized manner
mm = i_grid // (atom_m[0] * atom_m[1])
mm32 = i_grid % atom_m[0]
mm4 = (i_grid % 128) // atom_m[0]
kk = j_grid // atom_k
kk4 = j_grid % atom_k
# Perform the reordering with advanced indexing (all on GPU)
reordered_f8_torch_tensor[mm32, mm4, mm, kk4, kk, b_grid] = (
ref_f8_torch_tensor_permuted[i_grid, j_grid, b_grid]
)
return ref_f8_torch_tensor_permuted.cpu(), reordered_f8_torch_tensor
sf_k = ceil_div(k, sf_vec_size)
sfa_ref_cpu, sfa_ref_permuted = create_scale_factor_tensors(l, m, sf_k)
sfb_ref_cpu, sfb_ref_permuted = create_scale_factor_tensors(l, n, sf_k)
return (
a_ref,
b_ref,
sfa_ref_cpu.to("cuda"),
sfb_ref_cpu.to("cuda"),
sfa_ref_permuted,
sfb_ref_permuted,
c_ref,
)
# check_implementation = make_match_reference(custom_kernel, rtol=1e-03, atol=1e-03)
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