add amx kernel for gemm

add intel amx isa detection

add vnni kernel for gemv cases

add vnni and amx kernel support for block_q8_0

code cleanup

fix packing B issue

enable openmp

fine tune amx kernel

switch to aten parallel pattern

add error message for nested parallelism

code cleanup

add f16 support in ggml-amx

add amx kernels for QK_K quant formats: Q4_K, Q5_K, Q6_K and IQ4_XS

update CMakeList

update README

fix some compilation warning

fix compiler warning when amx is not enabled

minor change

ggml-ci

move ggml_amx_init from ggml.c to ggml-amx/mmq.cpp

ggml-ci

update CMakeLists with -mamx-tile, -mamx-int8 and -mamx-bf16

ggml-ci

add amx as an ggml-backend

update header file, the old path for immintrin.h has changed to ggml-cpu-impl.h

minor change

update CMakeLists.txt

minor change

apply weight prepacking in set_tensor method in ggml-backend

fix compile error

ggml-ci

minor change

ggml-ci

update CMakeLists.txt

ggml-ci

add march dependency

minor change

ggml-ci

change ggml_backend_buffer_is_host to return false for amx backend

ggml-ci

fix supports_op

use device reg for AMX backend

ggml-ci

minor change

ggml-ci

minor change

fix rebase

set .buffer_from_host_ptr to be false for AMX backend

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ if (NOT DEFINED GGML_LLAMAFILE)
     set(GGML_LLAMAFILE_DEFAULT ON)
 endif()
 
+if (NOT DEFINED GGML_AMX)
+    set(GGML_AMX ON)
+endif()
+
 if (NOT DEFINED GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS)
     set(GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS_DEFAULT ON)
 endif()

Makefile

@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ GGML_METAL := 1
 DEPRECATE_WARNING := 1
 endif
 
-ifdef LLAMA_OPENMP
-GGML_OPENMP := 1
-DEPRECATE_WARNING := 1
-endif
-
 ifdef LLAMA_RPC
 GGML_RPC := 1
 DEPRECATE_WARNING := 1
@@ -584,6 +579,11 @@ ifndef GGML_NO_LLAMAFILE
 	OBJ_GGML    += ggml/src/llamafile/sgemm.o
 endif
 
+ifndef GGML_NO_AMX
+	MK_CPPFLAGS += -DGGML_USE_AMX
+	OBJ_GGML    += ggml/src/ggml-amx.o ggml/src/ggml-amx/mmq.o
+endif
+
 ifdef GGML_RPC
 	MK_CPPFLAGS += -DGGML_USE_RPC
 	OBJ_GGML    += ggml/src/ggml-rpc.o
@@ -1087,6 +1087,19 @@ ggml/src/llamafile/sgemm.o: \
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 endif # GGML_NO_LLAMAFILE
 
+ifndef GGML_NO_AMX
+ggml/src/ggml-amx.o: \
+	ggml/src/ggml-amx.cpp \
+	ggml/include/ggml-amx.h
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+ggml/src/ggml-amx/mmq.o: \
+	ggml/src/ggml-amx/mmq.cpp \
+	ggml/src/ggml-amx/mmq.h \
+	ggml/include/ggml.h
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+endif
+
 ifdef GGML_RPC
 ggml/src/ggml-rpc.o: \
 	ggml/src/ggml-rpc.cpp \
@@ -1238,6 +1251,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -vrf ggml/src/ggml-metal-embed.metal
 	rm -vrf ggml/src/ggml-cuda/*.o
 	rm -vrf ggml/src/ggml-cuda/template-instances/*.o
+	rm -vrf ggml/src/ggml-amx/*.o
 	rm -rvf $(BUILD_TARGETS)
 	rm -rvf $(TEST_TARGETS)
 	rm -f vulkan-shaders-gen ggml/src/ggml-vulkan-shaders.hpp ggml/src/ggml-vulkan-shaders.cpp

README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variety of hardware - locally and in the cloud.
 
 - Plain C/C++ implementation without any dependencies
 - Apple silicon is a first-class citizen - optimized via ARM NEON, Accelerate and Metal frameworks
-- AVX, AVX2 and AVX512 support for x86 architectures
+- AVX, AVX2, AVX512 and AMX support for x86 architectures
 - 1.5-bit, 2-bit, 3-bit, 4-bit, 5-bit, 6-bit, and 8-bit integer quantization for faster inference and reduced memory use
 - Custom CUDA kernels for running LLMs on NVIDIA GPUs (support for AMD GPUs via HIP and Moore Threads MTT GPUs via MUSA)
 - Vulkan and SYCL backend support

ggml/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ option(GGML_AVX512      "ggml: enable AVX512"           OFF)
 option(GGML_AVX512_VBMI "ggml: enable AVX512-VBMI"      OFF)
 option(GGML_AVX512_VNNI "ggml: enable AVX512-VNNI"      OFF)
 option(GGML_AVX512_BF16 "ggml: enable AVX512-BF16"      OFF)
+option(GGML_AMX_TILE    "ggml: enable AMX-TILE"         OFF)
+option(GGML_AMX_INT8    "ggml: enable AMX-INT8"         OFF)
+option(GGML_AMX_BF16    "ggml: enable AMX-BF16"         OFF)
 option(GGML_FMA         "ggml: enable FMA"              ${INS_ENB})
 if (NOT MSVC)
     option(GGML_F16C    "ggml: enable F16C"             ${INS_ENB}) # in MSVC F16C is implied with AVX2/AVX512
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ set   (GGML_METAL_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN "" CACHE STRING
 set   (GGML_METAL_STD "" CACHE STRING       "ggml: metal standard version (-std flag)")
 option(GGML_OPENMP                          "ggml: use OpenMP"                                ON)
 option(GGML_RPC                             "ggml: use RPC"                                   OFF)
+option(GGML_AMX                             "ggml: use AMX"                                   OFF)
 option(GGML_SYCL                            "ggml: use SYCL"                                  OFF)
 option(GGML_SYCL_F16                        "ggml: use 16 bit floats for sycl calculations"   OFF)
 set   (GGML_SYCL_TARGET "INTEL" CACHE STRING

ggml/include/ggml-amx.h

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ggml.h"
+#include "ggml-backend.h"
+
+
+#ifdef  __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+// buffer_type API
+GGML_API ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type(void);
+
+GGML_API bool ggml_backend_is_amx(ggml_backend_t backend);
+
+// backend API
+GGML_API ggml_backend_t ggml_backend_amx_init(void);
+
+GGML_API void ggml_backend_amx_set_n_threads(ggml_backend_t backend_amx, int n_threads);
+
+GGML_API ggml_backend_reg_t ggml_backend_amx_reg(void);
+
+#ifdef  __cplusplus
+}
+#endif

ggml/include/ggml.h

@@ -2488,6 +2488,7 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx512_vbmi(void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx512_vnni(void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_avx512_bf16(void);
+    GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_amx_int8   (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_fma        (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_neon       (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_sve        (void);

ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -267,6 +267,26 @@ if (GGML_LLAMAFILE)
     set(GGML_SOURCES_LLAMAFILE llamafile/sgemm.cpp)
 endif()
 
+if (GGML_AMX)
+    if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 11.0)
+    else()
+        set(GGML_AMX OFF)
+        message(WARNING "AMX requires gcc version > 11.0. Turning off GGML_AMX.")
+    endif()
+
+    if (GGML_AMX)
+        message(STATUS "Using AMX")
+
+        list(APPEND GGML_CDEF_PUBLIC GGML_USE_AMX)
+
+        file(GLOB   GGML_HEADERS_AMX "ggml-amx/*.h")
+        list(APPEND GGML_HEADERS_AMX "../include/ggml-amx.h")
+
+        file(GLOB   GGML_SOURCES_AMX "ggml-amx/*.cpp")
+        list(APPEND GGML_SOURCES_AMX "ggml-amx.cpp")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 if (GGML_CUDA)
     cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)  # for CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES
 
@@ -1180,6 +1200,18 @@ elseif (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES STREQUAL "x86_64" OR CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM_LW
                 add_compile_definitions($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:__AVX512BF16__>)
                 add_compile_definitions($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:__AVX512BF16__>)
             endif()
+            if (GGML_AMX_TILE)
+                add_compile_definitions($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:__AMX_TILE__>)
+                add_compile_definitions($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:__AMX_TILE__>)
+            endif()
+            if (GGML_AMX_INT8)
+                add_compile_definitions($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:__AMX_INT8__>)
+                add_compile_definitions($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:__AMX_INT8__>)
+            endif()
+            if (GGML_AMX_BF16)
+                add_compile_definitions($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>:__AMX_BF16__>)
+                add_compile_definitions($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:__AMX_BF16__>)
+            endif()
         elseif (GGML_AVX2)
             list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS /arch:AVX2)
         elseif (GGML_AVX)
@@ -1215,6 +1247,15 @@ elseif (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES STREQUAL "x86_64" OR CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM_LW
         if (GGML_AVX512_BF16)
             list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mavx512bf16)
         endif()
+        if (GGML_AMX_TILE)
+            list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mamx-tile)
+        endif()
+        if (GGML_AMX_INT8)
+            list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mamx-int8)
+        endif()
+        if (GGML_AMX_BF16)
+            list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mamx-bf16)
+        endif()
     endif()
 elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "ppc64")
     message(STATUS "PowerPC detected")
@@ -1340,6 +1381,7 @@ add_library(ggml
             ${GGML_SOURCES_ROCM}      ${GGML_HEADERS_ROCM}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_BLAS}      ${GGML_HEADERS_BLAS}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_LLAMAFILE} ${GGML_HEADERS_LLAMAFILE}
+            ${GGML_SOURCES_AMX}       ${GGML_HEADERS_AMX}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_CANN}      ${GGML_HEADERS_CANN}
             ggml-aarch64.c            ggml-aarch64.h
             )

ggml/src/ggml-amx.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,453 @@
+#include "ggml-amx.h"
+#include "ggml-amx/common.h"
+#include "ggml-amx/mmq.h"
+#include "ggml-backend-impl.h"
+#include "ggml-impl.h"
+
+#if defined(__gnu_linux__)
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <memory>
+
+#if defined(__AMX_INT8__)
+
+// AMX buffer interface
+static const char * ggml_backend_amx_buffer_get_name(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer) {
+    return "AMX";
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buffer);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_amx_buffer_free_buffer(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer) {
+    free(buffer->context);
+}
+
+static void * ggml_backend_amx_buffer_get_base(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer) {
+    return (void *)(buffer->context);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_amx_buffer_memset_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct ggml_tensor * tensor, uint8_t value, size_t offset, size_t size) {
+    memset((char *)tensor->data + offset, value, size);
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buffer);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_amx_buffer_set_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct ggml_tensor * tensor, const void * data, size_t offset, size_t size) {
+    if (qtype_has_amx_kernels(tensor->type)) {
+        ggml_backend_amx_convert_weight(tensor, data, offset, size);
+    } else {
+        memcpy((char *)tensor->data + offset, data, size);
+    }
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buffer);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_amx_buffer_get_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, void * data, size_t offset, size_t size) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(!qtype_has_amx_kernels(tensor->type));
+    memcpy(data, (const char *)tensor->data + offset, size);
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buffer);
+}
+
+static bool ggml_backend_amx_buffer_cpy_tensor(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, const struct ggml_tensor * src, struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    if (ggml_backend_buffer_is_host(src->buffer)) {
+        if (qtype_has_amx_kernels(src->type)) {
+            ggml_backend_amx_convert_weight(dst, src->data, 0, ggml_backend_amx_get_alloc_size(dst));
+        } else {
+            memcpy(dst->data, src->data, ggml_nbytes(src));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buffer);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_amx_buffer_clear(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, uint8_t value) {
+    memset(buffer->context, value, buffer->size);
+}
+
+static ggml_backend_buffer_i ggml_backend_amx_buffer_interface = {
+    /* .get_name        = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_get_name,
+    /* .free_buffer     = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_free_buffer,
+    /* .get_base        = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_get_base,
+    /* .init_tensor     = */ NULL, // no initialization required
+    /* .memset_tensor   = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_memset_tensor,
+    /* .set_tensor      = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_set_tensor,
+    /* .get_tensor      = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_get_tensor,
+    /* .cpy_tensor      = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_cpy_tensor,
+    /* .clear           = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_clear,
+    /* .reset           = */ NULL,
+};
+
+static const char * ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_get_name(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) {
+    return "AMX";
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buft);
+}
+
+static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_alloc_buffer(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, size_t size) {
+    void * data = aligned_alloc(TENSOR_ALIGNMENT, size);
+    if (data == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to allocate buffer of size %zu\n", __func__, size);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return ggml_backend_buffer_init(buft, ggml_backend_amx_buffer_interface, data, size);
+}
+
+static size_t ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_get_alignment(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) {
+    return TENSOR_ALIGNMENT;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buft);
+}
+
+static size_t ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_get_alloc_size(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, const ggml_tensor* tensor) {
+    return ggml_backend_amx_get_alloc_size(tensor);
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buft);
+}
+
+static bool ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_is_host(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) {
+    return false;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(buft);
+}
+
+ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type() {
+    static struct ggml_backend_buffer_type ggml_backend_buffer_type_amx = {
+        /* .iface = */ {
+        /* .get_name         = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_get_name,
+        /* .alloc_buffer     = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_alloc_buffer,
+        /* .get_alignment    = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_get_alignment,
+        /* .get_max_size     = */ NULL, // defaults to SIZE_MAX
+        /* .get_alloc_size   = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_get_alloc_size,
+        /* .is_host          = */ ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_is_host,
+        },
+        /* .device  = */ NULL,
+        /* .context = */ NULL,
+    };
+
+    return &ggml_backend_buffer_type_amx;
+}
+
+// backend interface
+
+static const char * ggml_backend_amx_name(ggml_backend_t backend) {
+    return "AMX";
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(backend);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_amx_free(ggml_backend_t backend) {
+    ggml_backend_amx_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_amx_context *)backend->context;
+    delete ctx;
+    delete backend;
+}
+
+static ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_amx_get_default_buffer_type(ggml_backend_t backend) {
+    return ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type();
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(backend);
+}
+
+static enum ggml_status ggml_backend_amx_graph_compute(ggml_backend_t backend, struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph) {
+    ggml_backend_amx_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_amx_context *)backend->context;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < cgraph->n_nodes; i++) {
+        struct ggml_tensor * node = cgraph->nodes[i];
+
+        switch (node->op) {
+        case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT:
+            ggml_backend_amx_mul_mat(ctx, node);
+            break;
+
+        case GGML_OP_NONE:
+        case GGML_OP_RESHAPE:
+        case GGML_OP_VIEW:
+        case GGML_OP_PERMUTE:
+        case GGML_OP_TRANSPOSE:
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: unsupported op %s\n", __func__, ggml_op_desc(node));
+            GGML_ASSERT(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(backend);
+}
+
+static struct ggml_backend_i ggml_backend_amx_i = {
+    /* .get_name                = */ ggml_backend_amx_name,
+    /* .free                    = */ ggml_backend_amx_free,
+    /* .get_default_buffer_type = */ ggml_backend_amx_get_default_buffer_type,
+    /* .set_tensor_async        = */ NULL,
+    /* .get_tensor_async        = */ NULL,
+    /* .cpy_tensor_async        = */ NULL,
+    /* .synchronize             = */ NULL,
+    /* .graph_plan_create       = */ NULL,
+    /* .graph_plan_free         = */ NULL,
+    /* .graph_plan_update       = */ NULL,
+    /* .graph_plan_compute      = */ NULL,
+    /* .graph_compute           = */ ggml_backend_amx_graph_compute,
+    /* .supports_op             = */ NULL,
+    /* .supports_buft           = */ NULL,
+    /* .offload_op              = */ NULL,
+    /* .event_record            = */ NULL,
+    /* .event_wait              = */ NULL,
+};
+
+static ggml_guid_t ggml_backend_amx_guid() {
+    static ggml_guid guid = { 0x13, 0xb8, 0xa4, 0xc4, 0xba, 0xfe, 0x51, 0x67, 0x87, 0x44, 0x55, 0x15, 0xb2, 0x35, 0x62, 0x3e };
+    return &guid;
+}
+
+#define ARCH_GET_XCOMP_PERM     0x1022
+#define ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM     0x1023
+#define XFEATURE_XTILECFG       17
+#define XFEATURE_XTILEDATA      18
+
+static bool ggml_amx_init() {
+#if defined(__gnu_linux__)
+    if (syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM, XFEATURE_XTILEDATA)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "AMX is not ready to be used!\n");
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+    return true;
+#endif
+}
+
+ggml_backend_t ggml_backend_amx_init() {
+
+    // invoke a Linux system call to request access to AMX features
+    ggml_amx_init();
+
+    // backend context
+    ggml_backend_amx_context * ctx = new ggml_backend_amx_context;
+
+    // ggml amx backend
+    ggml_backend_t backend = new ggml_backend {
+        /* .guid      = */ ggml_backend_amx_guid(),
+        /* .interface = */ ggml_backend_amx_i,
+        /* .device    = */ ggml_backend_reg_dev_get(ggml_backend_amx_reg(), 0),
+        /* .context   = */ ctx,
+    };
+
+    return backend;
+}
+
+bool ggml_backend_is_amx(ggml_backend_t backend) {
+    return backend != NULL && ggml_guid_matches(backend->guid, ggml_backend_amx_guid());
+}
+
+void ggml_backend_amx_set_n_threads(ggml_backend_t backend_amx, int n_threads) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_backend_is_amx(backend_amx));
+
+    ggml_backend_amx_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_amx_context *)backend_amx->context;
+    ctx->n_threads = n_threads;
+}
+
+// device interface
+
+static const char * ggml_backend_amx_device_get_name(ggml_backend_dev_t dev) {
+    return "AMX";
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(dev);
+}
+
+static const char * ggml_backend_amx_device_get_description(ggml_backend_dev_t dev) {
+    return "Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions";
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(dev);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_amx_device_get_memory(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, size_t * free, size_t * total) {
+    // TODO
+    *free = 0;
+    *total = 0;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(dev);
+}
+
+static enum ggml_backend_dev_type ggml_backend_amx_device_get_type(ggml_backend_dev_t dev) {
+    return GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(dev);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_amx_device_get_props(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, struct ggml_backend_dev_props * props) {
+    props->name        = ggml_backend_amx_device_get_name(dev);
+    props->description = ggml_backend_amx_device_get_description(dev);
+    props->type        = ggml_backend_amx_device_get_type(dev);
+    ggml_backend_amx_device_get_memory(dev, &props->memory_free, &props->memory_total);
+
+    // `buffer_from_host_ptr` is intended to be used in mmap, when memory layout unchanged
+    props->caps = {
+        /* .async                 = */ false,
+        /* .host_buffer           = */ false,
+        /* .buffer_from_host_ptr  = */ false,
+        /* .events                = */ false,
+    };
+}
+
+static ggml_backend_t ggml_backend_amx_device_init(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, const char * params) {
+    return ggml_backend_amx_init();
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(dev);
+    GGML_UNUSED(params);
+}
+
+static ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_amx_device_get_buffer_type(ggml_backend_dev_t dev) {
+    return ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type();
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(dev);
+}
+
+static bool ggml_backend_amx_device_supports_op(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, const struct ggml_tensor * op) {
+
+    // handle only 2d gemm for now
+    auto is_contiguous_2d = [](const struct ggml_tensor * t) {
+        return ggml_is_contiguous(t) && t->ne[3] == 1 && t->ne[2] == 1;
+    };
+
+    switch (op->op) {
+        case GGML_OP_NONE:
+        case GGML_OP_RESHAPE:
+        case GGML_OP_VIEW:
+        case GGML_OP_PERMUTE:
+        case GGML_OP_TRANSPOSE:
+            return true;
+
+        case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT: {
+            const struct ggml_tensor * src0 = op->src[0];
+            const struct ggml_tensor * src1 = op->src[1];
+
+            const enum ggml_type type = src0->type;
+            const int64_t ne0 = op->ne[0];
+
+            bool is_training = src0->grad || src1->grad;
+
+            // amx kernels enables for Q4_0, Q4_1, Q8_0, F16
+            // Q4_K, Q5_K, Q6_K, IQ4_XS enabled for QK_K = 256
+            bool has_amx_kernels = qtype_has_amx_kernels(type) || (type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+
+            bool can_use_amx =
+                is_contiguous_2d(src0) &&       // src0 must be contiguous
+                is_contiguous_2d(src1) &&       // src1 must be contiguous
+                !is_training &&                 // inference only
+                src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 &&  // src1 must be float32
+                has_amx_kernels &&              // with amx kernel impls
+                ne0 % (TILE_N * 2) == 0;        // out_features is 32x
+
+            return can_use_amx;
+        }
+        default:
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(dev);
+}
+
+static bool ggml_backend_amx_device_supports_buft(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) {
+    return buft->iface.get_name == ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type_get_name;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(dev);
+}
+
+static const struct ggml_backend_device_i ggml_backend_amx_device_i = {
+    /* .get_name             = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_get_name,
+    /* .get_description      = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_get_description,
+    /* .get_memory           = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_get_memory,
+    /* .get_type             = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_get_type,
+    /* .get_props            = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_get_props,
+    /* .init_backend         = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_init,
+    /* .get_buffer_type      = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_get_buffer_type,
+    /* .get_host_buffer_type = */ NULL,
+    /* .buffer_from_host_ptr = */ NULL,
+    /* .supports_op          = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_supports_op,
+    /* .supports_buft        = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_supports_buft,
+    /* .offload_op           = */ NULL,
+    /* .event_new            = */ NULL,
+    /* .event_free           = */ NULL,
+    /* .event_synchronize    = */ NULL,
+};
+
+// backend reg interface
+
+static const char * ggml_backend_amx_reg_get_name(ggml_backend_reg_t reg) {
+    return "AMX";
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(reg);
+}
+
+static size_t ggml_backend_amx_reg_get_device_count(ggml_backend_reg_t reg) {
+    return 1;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(reg);
+}
+
+static ggml_backend_dev_t ggml_backend_amx_reg_get_device(ggml_backend_reg_t reg, size_t index) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(index == 0);
+
+    static ggml_backend_device ggml_backend_amx_device = {
+        /* .iface   = */ ggml_backend_amx_device_i,
+        /* .reg     = */ reg,
+        /* .context = */ nullptr,
+    };
+
+    return &ggml_backend_amx_device;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(reg);
+    GGML_UNUSED(index);
+}
+
+static void * ggml_backend_amx_get_proc_address(ggml_backend_reg_t reg, const char * name) {
+    if (std::strcmp(name, "ggml_backend_set_n_threads") == 0) {
+        return (void *)ggml_backend_amx_set_n_threads;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(reg);
+    GGML_UNUSED(name);
+}
+
+static const struct ggml_backend_reg_i ggml_backend_amx_reg_i = {
+    /* .get_name         = */ ggml_backend_amx_reg_get_name,
+    /* .get_device_count = */ ggml_backend_amx_reg_get_device_count,
+    /* .get_device       = */ ggml_backend_amx_reg_get_device,
+    /* .get_proc_address = */ ggml_backend_amx_get_proc_address,
+};
+
+ggml_backend_reg_t ggml_backend_amx_reg(void) {
+    static struct ggml_backend_reg ggml_backend_amx_reg = {
+        /* .iface   = */ ggml_backend_amx_reg_i,
+        /* .context = */ NULL,
+    };
+
+    return &ggml_backend_amx_reg;
+}
+
+#else // if defined(__AMX_INT8__)
+
+ggml_backend_t ggml_backend_amx_init(void) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "GGML is not compiled with AMX support!\n");
+    return ggml_backend_t{};
+}
+
+void ggml_backend_amx_set_n_threads(ggml_backend_t backend_amx, int n_threads) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "GGML is not compiled with AMX support!\n");
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(backend_amx);
+    GGML_UNUSED(n_threads);
+}
+
+#endif

ggml/src/ggml-amx/common.h

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ggml.h"
+#include "ggml-cpu-impl.h" // <immintrin.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <memory>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+#if defined(_OPENMP)
+#include <omp.h>
+#endif
+
+#define TILE_M 16
+#define TILE_N 16
+#define TILE_K 32
+#define VNNI_BLK 4
+
+#define AMX_BLK_SIZE 32
+
+#define TMM0 0
+#define TMM1 1
+#define TMM2 2
+#define TMM3 3
+#define TMM4 4
+#define TMM5 5
+#define TMM6 6
+#define TMM7 7
+
+// parallel routines
+template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
+inline T div_up(T x, T y) { return (x + y - 1) / y; }
+
+template <typename T>
+inline void balance211(T n, T nth, T ith, T& n_start, T& n_end) {
+#if 0
+    // onednn partition pattern
+    T& n_my = n_end;
+    if (nth <= 1 || n == 0) {
+        n_start = 0;
+        n_my = n;
+    } else {
+        T n1 = div_up(n, nth);
+        T n2 = n1 - 1;
+        T T1 = n - n2 * nth;
+        n_my = ith < T1 ? n1 : n2;
+        n_start = ith <= T1 ? ith*n1 : T1 * n1 + (ith - T1) * n2;
+    }
+    n_end += n_start;
+#else
+    // pytorch aten partition pattern
+    T n_my = div_up(n, nth);
+    n_start = ith * n_my;
+    n_end = std::min(n_start + n_my, n);
+#endif
+}
+
+template <typename func_t>
+inline void parallel_for(int nth, int n, const func_t& f) {
+#if defined(_OPENMP)
+#pragma omp parallel num_threads(nth)
+{
+    //int nth = omp_get_num_threads();
+    int ith = omp_get_thread_num();
+    int tbegin, tend;
+    balance211(n, nth, ith, tbegin, tend);
+    f(tbegin, tend);
+}
+#else
+    f(0, n);
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(nth);
+#endif
+}
+
+// quantized types that have AMX support
+inline bool qtype_has_amx_kernels(const enum ggml_type type) {
+    // TODO: fix padding for vnni format
+    return (type == GGML_TYPE_Q4_0) ||
+        (type == GGML_TYPE_Q4_1);
+        //(type == GGML_TYPE_Q8_0) ||
+        //(type == GGML_TYPE_Q4_K) ||
+        //(type == GGML_TYPE_Q5_K) ||
+        //(type == GGML_TYPE_Q6_K) ||
+        //(type == GGML_TYPE_IQ4_XS);
+}
+
+// ggml backend context
+struct ggml_backend_amx_context {
+    int n_threads = GGML_DEFAULT_N_THREADS;
+    std::unique_ptr<char[]> work_data;
+    size_t work_size = 0;
+};

ggml/src/ggml-amx/mmq.h

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "common.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+size_t ggml_backend_amx_get_alloc_size(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
+
+void ggml_backend_amx_convert_weight(struct ggml_tensor * tensor, const void * data, size_t offset, size_t size);
+
+void ggml_backend_amx_mul_mat(ggml_backend_amx_context * ctx, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif

ggml/src/ggml-backend.cpp

@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ bool ggml_backend_supports_buft(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_buffer_type
     if (backend->device) {
         return ggml_backend_dev_supports_buft(backend->device, buft);
     }
-
     return backend->iface.supports_buft(backend, buft);
 }
 
@@ -546,6 +545,14 @@ void * ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(ggml_backend_reg_t reg, const char * na
 #include "ggml-rpc.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __AMX_INT8__
+#undef GGML_USE_AMX
+#endif
+
+#ifdef GGML_USE_AMX
+#  include "ggml-amx.h"
+#endif
+
 struct ggml_backend_registry {
     std::vector<ggml_backend_reg_t> backends;
     std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> devices;
@@ -563,6 +570,9 @@ struct ggml_backend_registry {
 #ifdef GGML_USE_RPC
         register_backend(ggml_backend_rpc_reg());
 #endif
+#ifdef GGML_USE_AMX
+        register_backend(ggml_backend_amx_reg());
+#endif
 
         // TODO: sycl, vulkan, kompute, cann
 

ggml/src/ggml.c

@@ -23252,6 +23252,14 @@ int ggml_cpu_has_avx512_bf16(void) {
 #endif
 }
 
+int ggml_cpu_has_amx_int8(void) {
+#if defined(__AMX_INT8__)
+    return 1;
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 int ggml_cpu_has_fma(void) {
 #if defined(__FMA__)
     return 1;

src/llama.cpp

@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
 #   include "ggml-cann.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __AMX_INT8__
+#undef GGML_USE_AMX
+#endif
+
+#ifdef GGML_USE_AMX
+#  include "ggml-amx.h"
+#endif
+
 // TODO: replace with ggml API call
 #define QK_K 256
 
@@ -3548,6 +3556,7 @@ static size_t llama_get_device_memory(const llama_model & model, int device) {
 #else
     return 1;
 #endif
+
     GGML_UNUSED(model);
     GGML_UNUSED(device);
 }
@@ -7046,7 +7055,14 @@ static bool llm_load_tensors(
 
     // assign cpu layers
     for (int i = 0; i < i_gpu_start; ++i) {
+#ifdef GGML_USE_AMX
+        model.buft_layer[i] = {
+            ggml_backend_amx_buffer_type(),
+            llama_default_buffer_type_cpu(model, true)
+        };
+#else
         model.buft_layer[i] = llama_default_buffer_type_cpu(model, true);
+#endif
     }
 
     if (split_mode == LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_LAYER) {
@@ -21882,6 +21898,7 @@ const char * llama_print_system_info(void) {
     s += "AVX512_VBMI = " + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_avx512_vbmi()) + " | ";
     s += "AVX512_VNNI = " + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_avx512_vnni()) + " | ";
     s += "AVX512_BF16 = " + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_avx512_bf16()) + " | ";
+    s += "AMX_INT8 = "    + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_amx_int8())    + " | ";
     s += "FMA = "         + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_fma())         + " | ";
     s += "NEON = "        + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_neon())        + " | ";
     s += "SVE = "         + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_sve())         + " | ";