TQUANT

Tile Operation Diagram

TQUANT tile operation

Introduction

Quantize an FP32 tile into a lower-precision format (e.g. FP8), producing auxiliary exponent/scaling/max tiles. The quantization mode is a compile-time template parameter (mode).

C++ Intrinsic

Declared in include/pto/common/pto_instr.hpp:

template <auto quant_type, typename TileDataOut, typename TileDataSrc, typename TileDataExp, typename TileDataMax,
          typename... WaitEvents>
PTO_INST RecordEvent TQUANT(TileDataOut &dst, TileDataSrc &src, TileDataExp *exp, TileDataMax *max, TileDataSrc *scaling, WaitEvents &... events);

template <auto quant_type, auto store_mode, typename TileDataOut, typename TileDataSrc, typename TileDataExp,
          typename TileDataMax, typename TileDataIdx, typename... WaitEvents>
PTO_INST RecordEvent TQUANT(TileDataOut &dst, TileDataSrc &src, TileDataExp *exp, TileDataMax *max, TileDataSrc *scaling, TileDataExp *exp_zz, TileDataIdx *vgather_idx, WaitEvents &... events);

template <auto quant_type, typename TileDataOut, typename TileDataSrc, typename TileDataPara, typename... WaitEvents>
PTO_INST RecordEvent TQUANT(TileDataOut &dst, TileDataSrc &src, TileDataPara &scale, TileDataPara *offset = nullptr, WaitEvents &... events);

Constraints

  • This instruction is currently implemented for specific targets (see include/pto/npu/*/TQuant.hpp).
  • Input type requirements and output tile types are mode/target-dependent.

Math Interpretation

Unless otherwise specified, semantics are defined over the valid region and target-dependent behavior is marked as implementation-defined.

Assembly Syntax

PTO-AS form: see PTO-AS Specification.

AS Level 1 (SSA)

%dst = pto.tquant %src, %qp : (!pto.tile<...>, !pto.tile<...>) -> !pto.tile<...>

AS Level 2 (DPS)

pto.tquant ins(%src, %qp : !pto.tile_buf<...>, !pto.tile_buf<...>) outs(%dst : !pto.tile_buf<...>)

IR Level 1 (SSA)

%dst = pto.tquant %src, %qp : (!pto.tile<...>, !pto.tile<...>) -> !pto.tile<...>

IR Level 2 (DPS)

pto.tquant ins(%src, %qp : !pto.tile_buf<...>, !pto.tile_buf<...>) outs(%dst : !pto.tile_buf<...>)

Examples

See related examples in docs/isa/ and docs/coding/tutorials/.

ASM Form Examples

Auto Mode

# Auto mode: compiler/runtime-managed placement and scheduling.
%dst = pto.tquant %src, %qp : (!pto.tile<...>, !pto.tile<...>) -> !pto.tile<...>

Manual Mode

# Manual mode: bind resources explicitly before issuing the instruction.
# Optional for tile operands:
# pto.tassign %arg0, @tile(0x1000)
# pto.tassign %arg1, @tile(0x2000)
%dst = pto.tquant %src, %qp : (!pto.tile<...>, !pto.tile<...>) -> !pto.tile<...>

PTO Assembly Form

%dst = pto.tquant %src, %qp : (!pto.tile<...>, !pto.tile<...>) -> !pto.tile<...>
# AS Level 2 (DPS)
pto.tquant ins(%src, %qp : !pto.tile_buf<...>, !pto.tile_buf<...>) outs(%dst : !pto.tile_buf<...>)