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Duration 21 hours
Course Outline
Introduction to Biren GPU Architecture
- Overview of Biren and its primary use cases.
- Hardware configuration: cores, memory structures, and compute clusters.
- Architectural comparisons with NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
Configuring the Biren Programming Environment
- Installation of the Biren SDK and runtime components.
- Understanding the toolchain and compiler architecture.
- Basic project organization and build workflows.
GPU Programming via the Biren Stack
- Thread and block modeling concepts.
- Memory management strategies and data transfer mechanisms.
- Kernel development patterns and launch procedures.
Migration from CUDA to Biren
- Techniques for translating CUDA codebases.
- Mapping common APIs and making necessary adaptations.
- Practical labs focused on code conversion.
Debugging and Profiling Methods
- Utilizing Biren’s debugger and profiler tools.
- Identifying performance bottlenecks.
- Analyzing memory access patterns for optimization.
Advanced Optimization Techniques
- Thread scheduling and instruction pipelining.
- Loop unrolling strategies and shared memory utilization.
- Advanced kernel tuning for maximum throughput.
Case Studies and Practical Examples
- Training machine learning models using Biren accelerators.
- Porting and profiling vision or NLP models.
- Performance comparison against CUDA/NVIDIA solutions.
Conclusion and Future Steps
Requirements
- A solid grasp of GPU architecture and parallel processing concepts.
- Hands-on experience with CUDA, OpenCL, or comparable GPU programming frameworks.
- Proficiency with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Target Audience
- HPC developers.
- AI infrastructure engineers.
- Performance optimization specialists.
Testimonials (2)
The extensive selection of tools presented
Miruna Buzduga - Aeronamic Eastern Europe
Course - AI Enablement Training for Engineers
Step by step training with a lot of exercises. It was like a workshop and I am very glad about that.