pub fn w8a16_gemv(
gpu: &dyn GpuBackend,
kernel: KernelHandle,
input: DevicePtr,
weight: DevicePtr,
row_scale: DevicePtr,
output: DevicePtr,
n: u32,
k: u32,
stream: u64,
) -> Result<()>Expand description
W8A16 GEMV (M=1): C = A @ dequant_lut(B_fp8) * row_scale for FP8 E4M3 weights.
A: [1, K] BF16, B: [N, K] FP8 E4M3 bytes, row_scale: [N] f32, C: [1, N] BF16.
Uses a 256-entry E4M3 LUT in shared memory for branchless dequant (no hardware
FP4/FP8 conversion PTX needed — works on SM121 without cvt.rn.satfinite).
4 outputs/block, 64 threads (2 warps) per output. Cross-warp smem reduction.
Kernel: w8a16_gemv(A, B, row_scale, C, N, K)
Grid: (ceil(N/4), 1, 1) Block: (256, 1, 1)