FlashAttention-4: Algorithm and Kernel Pipelining Co-Design for Asymmetric Hardware Scaling
As GPU throughput outpaces memory bandwidth, kernels must evolve.
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Together AI Blog introduces FlashAttention-4, featuring new pipelining for maximum overlap, 2-CTA MMA modes to reduce shared memory traffic, and a hardware-software hybrid approach to softmax exponentials.
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Together AI Blog introduces FlashAttention-4, featuring new pipelining for maximum overlap, 2-CTA MMA modes to reduce shared memory traffic, and a hardware-software hybrid approach to softmax…
For Builders
Together AI Blog introduces FlashAttention-4, featuring new pipelining for maximum overlap, 2-CTA MMA modes to reduce shared memory traffic, and a hardware-software hybrid approach to softmax…