Beyond CUDA: GPU Accelerated Machine Learning on Cross-Vendor Graphics Cards with Vulkan Kompute

A walkthrough of using Vulkan Kompute to run a logistic regression example on cross-vendor GPUs. It covers framework setup, shader logic, tensor operations, and the training sequence.

Syllabus

Intro
Hello, my name is Alejandro
High level Objectives
Why Parallel Processing?
Parallel Processing: Options
Introducing Vulkan
Vulkan C++ SDK Disadvantages.
Enter Kompute The General Purpose Vulkan Compute Framework.
Vulkan Kompute: Components
The Hello World of ML
ML Example Intuition
Kompute Logic to Set Up
LR Shader Logic
Kompute Logic: Create Tensors
Kompute Logic: Init Tensors
Kompute Logic: Main Sequence
Kompute Logic: "Learn" LR Params
Kompute Logic: Print LR Params
High level Roadmap