Exploring the Performance Improvement of Tensor Processing Engines through Transformation in the Bit-weight Dimension of MACs
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| author | Wu, Qizhe Liang, Huawen Gui, Yuchen Zeng, Zhichen He, Zerong Tao, Linfeng Wang, Xiaotian Zhao, Letian Zeng, Zhaoxi Yuan, Wei Wu, Wei Jin, Xi |
| author_facet | Wu, Qizhe Liang, Huawen Gui, Yuchen Zeng, Zhichen He, Zerong Tao, Linfeng Wang, Xiaotian Zhao, Letian Zeng, Zhaoxi Yuan, Wei Wu, Wei Jin, Xi |
| contents | General matrix-matrix multiplication (GEMM) is a cornerstone of AI computations, making tensor processing engines (TPEs) increasingly critical in GPUs and domain-specific architectures. Existing architectures primarily optimize dataflow or operand reuse strategies. However, considering the interaction between matrix multiplication and multiply-accumulators (MACs) offers greater optimization potential. This work introduces a novel hardware perspective on matrix multiplication, focusing on the bit-weight dimension of MACs. We propose a finer-grained TPE notation using matrix triple loops as an example, introducing new methods for designing and optimizing PE microarchitectures. Based on this notation and its transformations, we propose four optimization techniques that improve timing, area, and power consumption. Implementing our design in RTL using the SMIC-28nm process, we evaluate its effectiveness across four classic TPE architectures: systolic array, 3D-Cube, multiplier-adder tree, and 2D-Matrix. Our techniques achieve area efficiency improvements of 1.27x, 1.28x, 1.56x, and 1.44x, and energy efficiency gains of 1.04x, 1.56x, 1.49x, and 1.20x, respectively. Applied to a bit-slice architecture, our approach achieves a 12.10x improvement in energy efficiency and 2.85x in area efficiency compared to Laconic. Our Verilog HDL code, along with timing, area, and power reports, is available at https://github.com/wqzustc/High-Performance-Tensor-Processing-Engines |
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| spellingShingle | Exploring the Performance Improvement of Tensor Processing Engines through Transformation in the Bit-weight Dimension of MACs Wu, Qizhe Liang, Huawen Gui, Yuchen Zeng, Zhichen He, Zerong Tao, Linfeng Wang, Xiaotian Zhao, Letian Zeng, Zhaoxi Yuan, Wei Wu, Wei Jin, Xi Hardware Architecture Machine Learning General matrix-matrix multiplication (GEMM) is a cornerstone of AI computations, making tensor processing engines (TPEs) increasingly critical in GPUs and domain-specific architectures. Existing architectures primarily optimize dataflow or operand reuse strategies. However, considering the interaction between matrix multiplication and multiply-accumulators (MACs) offers greater optimization potential. This work introduces a novel hardware perspective on matrix multiplication, focusing on the bit-weight dimension of MACs. We propose a finer-grained TPE notation using matrix triple loops as an example, introducing new methods for designing and optimizing PE microarchitectures. Based on this notation and its transformations, we propose four optimization techniques that improve timing, area, and power consumption. Implementing our design in RTL using the SMIC-28nm process, we evaluate its effectiveness across four classic TPE architectures: systolic array, 3D-Cube, multiplier-adder tree, and 2D-Matrix. Our techniques achieve area efficiency improvements of 1.27x, 1.28x, 1.56x, and 1.44x, and energy efficiency gains of 1.04x, 1.56x, 1.49x, and 1.20x, respectively. Applied to a bit-slice architecture, our approach achieves a 12.10x improvement in energy efficiency and 2.85x in area efficiency compared to Laconic. Our Verilog HDL code, along with timing, area, and power reports, is available at https://github.com/wqzustc/High-Performance-Tensor-Processing-Engines |
| title | Exploring the Performance Improvement of Tensor Processing Engines through Transformation in the Bit-weight Dimension of MACs |
| topic | Hardware Architecture Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.06342 |