* Simplify the environment variable setting to specify the memory pool type.
* Adjust the GGML_CANN_ASYNC_MODE setting to accept yes, enable, 1, or on (case-insensitive) as valid options.
* update
* fix CI
* update
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* fix according to review
* update CANN.md
* update CANN.md
* cann: add the basic FA support
* cann: update the readme
* cann: update the FlashAttention with PSEShift
* cann: update the input parameters in FA
* cann: update the alibi with max_bias
* cann: add the constrints of softcap
* cann: update the docs CANN.md
* cann: update the docs CANN.md
* cann: fix typo of CANN.md
* cann: add some comments and update the CANN.md
* cann: update the CANN.md
* cann: update the inner precise for fusedInferAttention
* cann: update the constraints of flash_attn_ext on ggml-cann.cpp
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Submit operators using asynchronous threads to improve performance.
Use the environment variable GGML_CANN_ASYNC_MODE to control whether
asynchronous submission is enabled. It is disabled by default.
Testing shows a 10%–20% performance improvement in scenarios with
small parameter sizes, especially in quantized models.
* improve inferencing performance for ascend npu.
Co-authored-by: Frank Mai <thxCode@thxcode0824@gmail.com>
* some modification after review
* some modifications after review
* restore some modifications
* restore some modifications
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Co-authored-by: shanshan shen <shanshanshen333@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Frank Mai <thxCode@thxcode0824@gmail.com>
* [CANN] Add Ascend NPU backend
Ascend is a full-stack AI computing infrastructure for industry
applications and services based on Huawei Ascend processors and
software.
CANN (Compute Architecture of Neural Networks), developped by
Huawei, is a heterogeneous computing architecture for AI.
Co-authored-by: wangshuai09 <391746016@qq.com>
* delete trailing whitespaces
* Modify the code based on review comment
* Rename LLAMA_CANN to GGML_CANN
* Make ggml-common.h private
* add ggml_cann prefix for acl funcs
* Add logging for CANN backend
* Delete Trailing whitespace
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Co-authored-by: wangshuai09 <391746016@qq.com>
