@GPU_MODE AMD launched a $1.1 mil kernel hackathon in collaboration with @GPU_MODE, and the Readonflow Team’s kernels im…

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AMD's $1.1 million kernel hackathon run in collaboration with GPU_MODE resulted in the Readonflow Team delivering over 4x end-to-end upstream performance improvement on AMD MI355X.

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Topics: gpu-inference-performanceamd-mi355xkernel-optimizationcommunity-hackathon

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AMD launched a $1.1 million kernel hackathon in collaboration with the GPU_MODE community.
The Readonflow Team's winning kernels improved end-to-end upstream MI355X performance by more than 4x.

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AMD launched a $1.1 mil kernel hackathon in collaboration with @GPU_MODE, and the Readonflow Team's kernels improved end-to-end upstream MI355X performance by over 4x.