.. index:: pair: page; Quantized MatMul Fusion Patterns
.. _doxid-dev_guide_graph_quantized_matmul_fusion_patterns:

Quantized MatMul Fusion Patterns
================================

Overview
~~~~~~~~

oneDNN supports both floating-point and quantized MatMul fusion patterns to optimize performance and reduce memory bandwidth requirements. This document describes the supported quantized fusion patterns for MatMul. For floating-point MatMul fusion patterns, refer to :ref:`MatMul Fusion Patterns <doxid-dev_guide_graph_matmul_fusion_patterns>` for more details.

Pattern Structure
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oneDNN defines quantized MatMul fusion patterns as follows. The blue nodes are required when defining a quantized MatMul fusion pattern while the brown nodes are optional.

.. image:: quantized_matmul_pattern.png
	:alt: quantized MatMul pattern



#. Q2F Conversion Subgraph : Converts ``src`` and ``weights`` tensors from quantized to floating-point. It can be one of the following subgraphs, while the last two subgraphs apply only to ``weights``. See :ref:`Dequantize <doxid-dev_guide_op_dequantize>`, :ref:`TypeCast <doxid-dev_guide_op_typecast>` and :ref:`Quantize <doxid-dev_guide_op_quantize>` operations in Graph API.
   
   .. image:: q2f_conversion_quantized_conv_matmul.png
   	:alt: q2f_conversion_subgraph

#. F2F Conversion Subgraph : Converts ``bias`` tensor from floating-point to another floating-point. It is constructed by a :ref:`TypeCast <doxid-dev_guide_op_typecast>` operation.
   
   .. image:: f2f_conversion.png
   	:alt: f2f_conversion_subgraph

#. MatMul Operation : Performs matrix multiplication between the ``src`` and ``weights`` tensors. The ``bias`` tensor is optional. See the :ref:`MatMul <doxid-dev_guide_op_matmul>` operation in the Graph API for more details.

#. Epilogue Subgraph : Optional and can include the following operations:
   
   * :ref:`BiasAdd <doxid-dev_guide_op_biasadd>` operation.
   
   * Binary and Unary operations: refer to the Note in `Fusion Patterns <graph_fusion_patterns.html>`__.
   
   * :ref:`Select <doxid-dev_guide_op_select>` operation.
   
   Combination rules:
   
   .. image:: epilogue_subgraph_matmul.png
   	:alt: epilogue subgraph
   
   
   
   * BiasAdd : If present, must be the first op in the epilogue subgraph and can only appear once.
   
   * 0 to 4 Binary or Unary operations are supported in the epilogue subgraph.
   
   * Select : If present, must follow binary/unary operations (if present) and can only appear once.

#. F2F/F2Q Conversion Subgraph : Converts the output tensor from floating-point to floating-point or quantized data type. It can be one of the following subgraphs, the last two subgraphs are implementations for SmoothQuant[1]. See :ref:`TypeCast <doxid-dev_guide_op_typecast>`, :ref:`Quantize <doxid-dev_guide_op_quantize>` and :ref:`Multiply <doxid-dev_guide_op_multiply>` operations in Graph API.
   
   .. image:: f2q_conversion_quantized_matmul.png
   	:alt: f2q_conversion_subgraph

Data Types
~~~~~~~~~~

oneDNN supports the following combinations of data types for src, weights, bias and dst:

======  ========  =============  ===================  
src     weights   bias           dst                  
======  ========  =============  ===================  
u8,s8   s8,f32    f32,bf16,f16   u8,s8,bf16,f16,f32   
======  ========  =============  ===================

The definition of the data types and support status on different CPU and GPU platforms follow the general description in the :ref:`Data Types Guide <doxid-dev_guide_data_types>`.

Limitations
~~~~~~~~~~~

* F2F Conversion Subgraph used for ``bias`` tensor only supports f32 to bf16 data type conversion.

Reference
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[1] SmoothQuant, `https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10438 <https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10438>`__