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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Arash Ashari, Kirkland, WA (US);
Matthias Boehm, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith W. Campbell, Ottawa, CA;
Alexandre Evfimievski, San Jose, CA (US);
John D. Keenleyside, Pickering, CA;
Berthold Reinwald, San Jose, CA (US);
Shirish Tatikonda, Santa Clara, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for optimization of machine learning (ML) workloads on a graphics processor unit (GPU). The method includes identifying a computation having a generic pattern commonly observed in ML processes. An optimized fused GPU kernel is employed to exploit temporal locality for inherent data-flow dependencies in the identified computation. Hierarchical aggregation spanning a memory hierarchy of the GPU for processing for the identified computation is performed. GPU kernel launch parameters are estimated following an analytical model that maximizes thread occupancy and minimizes atomic writes to GPU global memory.