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Re:Matrix multiplication inches closer to mythic goal by ovi256 on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:34AM (#26556217)
I think the way it'll go is: it'll be implemented in Fotran, BLAS and so on until it percolates to numpy / CUDA so mortals like us can use it.
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Re:Matrix multiplication inches closer to mythic goal by MPSimmons on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:40AM (#26556299)
Agree. I don't think we'll notice, but the next gen of CUDA will be better because of it.
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Re:Matrix multiplication inches closer to mythic goal by amluto on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:54AM (#26556503)
These particular algorithms tend to have large Constance factors, so you need astronomically large matrices before they become faster than algorithms with worse exponents but better constant factors.
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Re:Matrix multiplication inches closer to mythic goal by ovi256 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @05:09AM (#26564999)
Hopefully the matmul implementation can check matrix size and pick the algorithm to use from that. I think some may already do this.
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