Application programming interface to accelerate matrix operations

A method comprising:

• implementing an application programming interface (API) call to select one or more general matrix-to-multiple (GEMM) implementations from among a plurality of GEMM implementations, wherein the API call is to use:
• input matrices;
• a matrix multiply operation descriptor;
• a matrix layout descriptor;
• a search preferences parameter
• an algorithm count parameter to specify a number of algorithms desired;
• a results array parameter;
• a results count parameter to store a number of algorithms returned;
• and
• an operation status to indicate whether the API call is successful or if other errors have occurred;
• and
• the API call is to be implemented by a processor comprising:
• one or more core complexes, wherein the one or more core complexes include one or more central processing unit (CPU) cores;
• one or more graphics complexes, wherein the one or more graphics complexes include one or more compute units and include at least one L2 cache;
• one or more fabric interconnects;
• one or more memory controllers;
• one or more input/output (I/O) bus interfaces, at least one comprising a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface.

A system comprising:

• memory;
• and
• an acceleration processor unit (APU) comprising:
• one or more core complexes, wherein the one or more core complexes include one or more central processing unit (CPU) cores;
• one or more graphics complexes, wherein the one or more graphics complexes include one or more compute units and include at least one L2 cache;
• one or more fabric interconnects;
• one or more memory controllers;
• one or more input/output (I/O) bus interfaces, at least one comprising a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface;
• wherein the APU is utilized to implement an application programming interface (API) call to select one or more general matrix-to-multiple (GEMM) implementations from among a plurality of GEMM implementations;
• wherein the API call is to use:
• input matrices;
• a matrix multiply operation descriptor;
• a matrix layout descriptor;
• a search preferences parameter
• an algorithm count parameter to specify a number of algorithms desired;
• a results array parameter;
• a results count parameter to store a number of algorithms returned;
• and
• an operation status to indicate whether the API call is successful or if other errors have occurred.