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[x86] AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Specification

Intel has published the x86 AI Compute Extensions (ACE) specification, defining new matrix multiplication primitives and reduced precision data formats to accelerate machine learning workloads. The extensions integrate tightly with AVX registers, adding tile and block scale registers for high-density compute operations.

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This document defines x86 extensions for accelerating computation tasks, initially focusing on matrix multiplication kernels and reduced precision data formats important to ML workloads.

The ACE extensions define matrix multiplication primitives that augment AVX and scalar code with new capabilities, adding:

  • ACE register state, including tile and block scale registers
  • Data processing operations that consume AVX register input and operate on tile register state
  • Data move operations to move data between ACE register state and AVX registers
  • State and operations for system management

ACE provides tight integration between AVX vectors and ACE tile registers, combining high compute density tile processing operations with the comprehensive data processing features of AVX.

In addition to matrix acceleration, a number of dedicated format convert operations are provided under the AVX10 framework.

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