HipKittens: Programming Primitives to Unlock AMD GPU Performance for AI Workflows
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vinhnx
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
The article discusses the challenge of leveraging AMD GPU hardware for AI workflows due to insufficient software support. It introduces HipKittens, a collection of programming primitives designed to help developers optimize AI applications for AMD hardware. The piece emphasizes the importance of hardware-aware AI development and addresses the broader trend of multi-silicon AI systems.
Key quotes
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We share HipKittens, an opinionated collection of programming primitives to help developers realize the hardware's capabilities.
AI is compute hungry. So we've been asking: How do we build AI from the hardware up? How do we lead AI developers to do what the hardware prefers?
multi silicon ai is coming
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