linkedin / linkedin/Liger-Kernel

[feat] FP8 Matmul Training Kernel

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Description

### 🚀 The feature, motivation and pitch

FP8 Training has been a great weapon on H100 and provides huge memory and speed benefits, and has shown to be effective (with limited or no performance drop) in many cases and reports. The kernel will be a fused fp8 matmul kernel with fusion of three parts:

input quantization (dynamic, static) + fp8 matmul (weight dynamic, static quantization inside) + output dequantization

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Search the repository for existing matmul and quantization kernels, then clarify the supported dynamic and static FP8 paths and their expected interfaces. Done means a fused kernel covers input quantization, FP8 matmul with weight quantization, and output dequantization, with validation of correctness and performance.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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