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Zyphra ZYFA FP8 FlashAttention for AMD MI355X up to 1.76x faster

Original title: Zyphra ZYFA: FP8 FlashAttention for AMD MI355X, Up to 1.76x Faster

MarkTechPostby Michal Sutter ()14 min read
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ZYFA achieves up to 1.76x faster performance using FP8 FlashAttention on AMD MI355X.

Zyphra ZYFA is a new FP8 FlashAttention implementation optimized for AMD MI355X. The technique delivers up to 1.76x faster performance compared to prior methods. The release targets high-performance computing workloads on AMD hardware.

Key facts
  • Up to 1.76x faster performance
  • Uses FP8 precision
  • Optimized for AMD MI355X
  • FP8 FlashAttention technique
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AMD
Products
MI355X
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Zyphra
AI models
ZYFA

From the original article

14 min read at marktechpost.com

Zyphra released ZYFA, open-source FP8 and BF16 prefill attention kernels for AMD Instinct MI355X. On real model activations, its FP8 kernels run 1. 16-1.

MarkTechPost

By Michal Sutter · marktechpost.com

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