AVX512 is a bit of a disappointment

AVX-512: A Performance Disappointment for Deep Learning on Skylake-X October 2020 I have been hesitant to publish this analysis, as the findings were rather underwhelming. However, the technicalnuance makes it a story worth sharing. Recently, I acquired Skylake-X processors with AVX-512 support and optimizedthe DeepTrainer engine to take advantage of these wider vector instructions. Given […]