| /// Defines the Float8_e5m2 type (8-bit floating-point) including conversions | |
| /// to standard C types and basic arithmetic operations. Note that arithmetic | |
| /// operations are implemented by converting to floating point and | |
| /// performing the operation in float32. | |
| /// Binary configuration: | |
| /// s eeeee mm | |
| /// 1 sign bit | |
| /// 5 exponent bits | |
| /// 2 mantissa bits | |
| /// bias = 15 | |
| /// | |
| /// Implementation based on the paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.05433.pdf | |
| /// and inspired by Half implementation from pytorch/c10/util/Half.h | |
| namespace c10 { | |
| namespace detail { | |
| /* | |
| * Convert a 8-bit floating-point number in fp8 E5M2 format, in bit | |
| * representation, to a 32-bit floating-point number in IEEE single-precision | |
| * format, in bit representation. | |
| * | |
| * @note The implementation doesn't use any floating-point operations. | |
| */ | |
| inline C10_HOST_DEVICE float fp8e5m2_to_fp32_value(uint8_t input) { | |
| /* | |
| * Extend the fp8 E5M2 number to 32 bits and shift to the | |
| * upper part of the 32-bit word: | |
| * +---+----+---+-----------------------------+ | |
| * | S |EEEEE|MM|0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000| | |
| * +---+----+---+-----------------------------+ | |
| * Bits 31 26-30 24-25 0-23 | |
| * | |
| * S - sign bit, E - bits of the biased exponent, M - bits of the mantissa, 0 | |
| * - zero bits. | |
| */ | |
| uint16_t half_representation = input; | |
| half_representation <<= 8; | |
| return fp16_ieee_to_fp32_value(half_representation); | |
| } | |
| /* | |
| * Convert a 32-bit floating-point number in IEEE single-precision format to a | |
| * 8-bit floating-point number in fp8 E5M2 format, in bit representation. | |
| */ | |
| inline C10_HOST_DEVICE uint8_t fp8e5m2_from_fp32_value(float f) { | |
| /* | |
| * Binary representation of fp32 infinity | |
| * 0 11111111 00000000000000000000000 | |
| */ | |
| constexpr uint32_t fp32_inf = UINT32_C(255) << 23; | |
| /* | |
| * Binary representation of 65536.0f, which is the first value | |
| * not representable in fp8e5m2 range: | |
| * 0 11111 00 - fp8e5m2 | |
| * 0 10001111 00000000000000000000000 - fp32 | |
| */ | |
| constexpr uint32_t fp8_max = UINT32_C(143) << 23; | |
| /* | |
| * A mask for converting fp32 numbers lower than fp8e5m2 normal range | |
| * into denorm representation | |
| * magic number: ((127 - 15) + (23 - 2) + 1) | |
| */ | |
| constexpr uint32_t denorm_mask = UINT32_C(134) << 23; | |
| uint32_t f_bits = fp32_to_bits(f); | |
| uint8_t result = 0u; | |
| /* | |
| * Extract the sign of the input number into the high bit of the 32-bit word: | |
| * | |
| * +---+----------------------------------+ | |
| * | S |0000000 00000000 00000000 00000000| | |
| * +---+----------------------------------+ | |
| * Bits 31 0-31 | |
| */ | |
| const uint32_t sign = f_bits & UINT32_C(0x80000000); | |
| /* | |
| * Set sign bit to 0 | |
| */ | |
| f_bits ^= sign; | |
| if (f_bits >= fp8_max) { | |
| // NaN - all exponent and mantissa bits set to 1 | |
| result = f_bits > fp32_inf ? UINT8_C(0x7F) : UINT8_C(0x7C); | |
| } else { | |
| if (f_bits < (UINT32_C(113) << 23)) { | |
| // Input number is smaller than 2^(-14), which is the smallest | |
| // fp8e5m2 normal number | |
| f_bits = | |
| fp32_to_bits(fp32_from_bits(f_bits) + fp32_from_bits(denorm_mask)); | |
| result = static_cast<uint8_t>(f_bits - denorm_mask); | |
| } else { | |
| // resulting mantissa is odd | |
| uint32_t mant_odd = (f_bits >> 21) & 1; | |
| // update exponent, rounding bias part 1 | |
| f_bits += ((uint32_t)(15 - 127) << 23) + 0xFFFFF; | |
| // rounding bias part 2 | |
| f_bits += mant_odd; | |
| // take the bits! | |
| result = static_cast<uint8_t>(f_bits >> 21); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| result |= static_cast<uint8_t>(sign >> 24); | |
| return result; | |
| } | |
| } // namespace detail | |
| struct alignas(1) Float8_e5m2 { | |
| uint8_t x; | |
| struct from_bits_t {}; | |
| C10_HOST_DEVICE static constexpr from_bits_t from_bits() { | |
| return from_bits_t(); | |
| } | |
| Float8_e5m2() = default; | |
| constexpr C10_HOST_DEVICE Float8_e5m2(uint8_t bits, from_bits_t) : x(bits) {} | |
| inline C10_HOST_DEVICE Float8_e5m2(float value); | |
| inline C10_HOST_DEVICE operator float() const; | |
| inline C10_HOST_DEVICE bool isnan() const; | |
| inline C10_HOST_DEVICE bool isinf() const; | |
| }; | |
| C10_API inline std::ostream& operator<<( | |
| std::ostream& out, | |
| const Float8_e5m2& value) { | |
| out << (float)value; | |
| return out; | |
| } | |
| } // namespace c10 | |