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declared hardwareNVIDIA B200
architecturessm_100
dtypesfp8_e4m3, nvfp4
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PyTorch reference implementation of NVFP4 block-scaled group GEMM.Kernel source
ref.py200 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_rows = n_row_blocks * 128
padded_cols = n_col_blocks * 4
# Pad the input matrix if necessary
if padded_rows != rows or padded_cols != cols:
padded = torch.nn.functional.pad(
input_matrix,
(0, padded_cols - cols, 0, padded_rows - rows),
mode="constant",
value=0,
)
else:
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 group GEMM.
"""
abc_tensors, sfasfb_tensors, _, problem_sizes = data
result_tensors = []
for i, (
(a_ref, b_ref, c_ref),
(sfa_ref, sfb_ref),
(m, n, k, l),
) in enumerate(
zip(
abc_tensors,
sfasfb_tensors,
problem_sizes,
)
):
for l_idx in range(l):
# Convert the scale factor tensor to blocked format
scale_a = to_blocked(sfa_ref[:, :, l_idx])
scale_b = to_blocked(sfb_ref[:, :, l_idx])
# (m, k) @ (n, k).T -> (m, n)
res = torch._scaled_mm(
a_ref[:, :, l_idx].view(torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2),
b_ref[:, :, l_idx].transpose(0, 1).view(torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2),
scale_a.cuda(),
scale_b.cuda(),
bias=None,
out_dtype=torch.float16,
)
c_ref[:, :, l_idx] = res
result_tensors.append((c_ref))
return result_tensors
# 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_reordered_scale_factor_tensor(l, mn, k, ref_f8_tensor):
sf_k = ceil_div(k, sf_vec_size)
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,
)
# Create the reordered scale factor tensor (32, 4, rest_m, 4, rest_k, l) on GPU.
mma_permute_order = (3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 0)
# Generate a random int8 tensor, then convert to float8_e4m3fn
rand_int_tensor = torch.randint(1, 3, mma_shape, dtype=torch.int8, device='cuda')
reordered_f8_tensor = rand_int_tensor.to(dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn)
# Permute according to mma_permute_order
reordered_f8_tensor = reordered_f8_tensor.permute(*mma_permute_order)
# Move ref_f8_tensor to GPU if not already there
if ref_f8_tensor.device.type == 'cpu':
ref_f8_tensor = ref_f8_tensor.cuda()
# 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_tensor[mm32, mm4, mm, kk4, kk, b_grid] = ref_f8_tensor[i_grid, j_grid, b_grid]
return reordered_f8_tensor
def generate_input(
m: tuple,
n: tuple,
k: tuple,
g: int,
seed: int,
):
"""
Generate input tensors for NVFP4 block-scaled group GEMM.
Each group can have different m, n, k, l.
Args:
problem_sizes: List of tuples (m, n, k, l) for each problem
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, always is 1
groups: Number of groups
seed: Random seed for reproducibility
Returns:
Tuple of (list(tuple(a, b, c)), list(tuple(sfa, sfb)), list(tuple(sfa_reordered, sfb_reordered)), list(tuple(m, n, k, l))) where each group has its own a, b, c, sfa, sfb.
a: [m, k, l] - Input matrix in torch.float4e2m1fn_x2 data type
b: [n, k, l] - Input matrix in torch.float4e2m1fn_x2 data type
sfa: [m, k // 16, l] - Input scale factors in torch.float8e4m3fn data type
sfb: [n, k // 16, l] - Input scale factors in torch.float8e4m3fn data type
sfa_reordered: [32, 4, rest_m, 4, rest_k, l] - Input scale factors in torch.float8e4m3fn data type
sfb_reordered: [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)
abc_tensors = []
sfasfb_tensors = []
sfasfb_reordered_tensors = []
problem_sizes = []
l = 1
# Generate a, b, c, sfa, sfb tensors for all groups
for group_idx in range(g):
mi = m[group_idx]
ni = n[group_idx]
ki = k[group_idx]
a_ref = torch.randint(
-1, 2, (l, mi, ki // 2), dtype=torch.int8, device="cuda"
).permute(1, 2, 0)
b_ref = torch.randint(
-1, 2, (l, ni, ki // 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)
c_ref = torch.randn((l, mi, ni), dtype=torch.float16, device="cuda").permute(
1, 2, 0
)
sf_k = ceil_div(ki, sf_vec_size)
sfa_ref_cpu = torch.randint(
1, 3, (l, mi, sf_k), dtype=torch.int8
).to(dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn).permute(1, 2, 0)
sfb_ref_cpu = torch.randint(
1, 3, (l, ni, sf_k), dtype=torch.int8
).to(dtype=torch.float8_e4m3fn).permute(1, 2, 0)
sfa_reordered = create_reordered_scale_factor_tensor(l, mi, ki, sfa_ref_cpu)
sfb_reordered = create_reordered_scale_factor_tensor(l, ni, ki, sfb_ref_cpu)
abc_tensors.append((a_ref, b_ref, c_ref))
sfasfb_tensors.append((sfa_ref_cpu, sfb_ref_cpu))
sfasfb_reordered_tensors.append((sfa_reordered, sfb_reordered))
problem_sizes.append((mi, ni, ki, l))
return (abc_tensors, sfasfb_tensors, sfasfb_reordered_tensors, problem_sizes)
check_implementation = make_match_reference(custom_kernel, rtol=1e-03, atol=1e-03)
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