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
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.
- Up to 1.76x faster performance
- Uses FP8 precision
- Optimized for AMD MI355X
- FP8 FlashAttention technique
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14 min read at marktechpost.comZyphra 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.
By Michal Sutter · marktechpost.com
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