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HPCA Assignment

In this assignment, your task is to optimize the problem of “Dilated Convolution (DC)” which involves an input matrix and a kernel matrix. The sample algorithm is depicted below using an animation.

Input:

A. Input Matrix of dimensions: $\text{Input-Row} \times \text{Input-Column}$.

B. Kernel Matrix of dimensions: $\text{Kernel-Row} \times \text{Kernel-Column}$.

Output:

An Output Matrix of dimensions: $(\text{Input-Row}-\text{Kernel-Row}+1) \times (\text{Input-Column} - \text{Kernel-Column} +1)$

Explanation and algorithm of DC:

Dilated Convolution (DL) is a variant of the convolution operation. Following is the explanation of the algorithm:

Let us assume for the explanation of the algorithm that the dimensions of the Input Matrix and Kernel Matrix are as follows:

A. Input Matrix $(I)$: $4\times4$

B. Kernel Matrix $(K)$: $2\times2$

So, dimensions of the Output Matrix $(O)$ shall be (based on calculation): $3\times3$.

[ $\text{Output-Row} = \text{Input-Row} - \text{Kernel-Row} + 1 = 4 - 2 + 1 = 3$. Calculation is similar for $\text{Output-Column}$.]

The Kernel Matrix $(K)$ slides over the Input Matrix $(I)$ and produces each cell of the Output Matrix $(O)$ as shown below. In the animation below, The Kernel Matrix $(K)$ is the left-most, the Input-Matrix $(I)$ is in the middle, and the Output Matrix $(O)$ is the right-most.

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Optimize dilated convolution using hardware counters.

Contained are three folders:

• PartA: Contains setup for single-threaded and multi-threaded program.
• PartB: Contains setup for GPU program.
• test: Contains a test program to aid in understanding the algorithm.

Each of the folders PartA and PartB contain two sub-folders, a Makefile, and a main program.

• Makefile: Contains commands necessary to compile, generate inputs, and run the program.
• data folder: Contains program that generates input, and will contain input once generated.
• header folder: Files containing the function that performs the operation. Modify the files in this folder.
• main.cpp: Program that takes inputs and executes the functions. DO NOT MODIFY THIS.

Navigate to each folder to begin setting up the system. Inside each folder do the following:

Compiling and generating input

Use the following command to compile the programs and generate required input:

make

PART A

Running program

You can use make to run the executable with the following command:

make run

Alternatively, you can manually run the program for the different input sets using the following commands:

./dilated_conv -i data/4096.in -k data/13.in
./dilated_conv -i data/8192.in -k data/64.in
./dilated_conv -i data/16384.in -k data/3.in

Note: the -i flag is for the input matrix and -k flag is for the kernel matrix.

PART B

To compile the code for use on native GPU use the following command:

make server

For use with GPGPU-Sim, additional flags are required during compilation, which can be done with the following command:

make sim

You can use make to run the executable with the following command for native execution:

make run_server

When running on GPGPU-Sim, use the following command instead:

make run_sim

test

This directory contains a simple program to help you understand how the algorithm works. You can play around with the sizes of the Input-Matrix $(I)$ and Kernel-Matrix $(K)$ to get a flavor of how each cell of Output-Matrix $(O)$ is generated. A stripped output of test executable mentioned above for the example discussed is as follows: