bitnet-core 0.2.0

Core BitNet implementation with fundamental data structures and algorithms
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BitNet Core

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The core foundation library for BitNet neural networks, providing sophisticated memory management, device abstraction, tensor infrastructure, and GPU acceleration optimized for Apple Silicon and high-performance computing.

๐ŸŽฏ Purpose

bitnet-core serves as the foundational layer for the BitNet ecosystem, focusing on:

  • Advanced Memory Management: Production-ready hybrid memory pool system
  • Device Abstraction: Unified interface for CPU, Metal GPU, and future accelerators
  • Metal GPU Acceleration: Complete Metal compute pipeline with shader compilation
  • Tensor Infrastructure: Basic tensor operations and metadata management
  • Performance Optimization: Zero-copy operations and SIMD-friendly data structures

โœ… What's Implemented

๐ŸŸข Memory Management System (Production Ready)

Hybrid Memory Pool Architecture

  • SmallBlockPool: Fixed-size allocation for blocks < 1MB with O(1) operations
  • LargeBlockPool: Buddy allocation algorithm for blocks โ‰ฅ 1MB with coalescing
  • DeviceSpecificPools: Separate memory pools for CPU and Metal GPU memory
  • Thread Safety: Fine-grained locking with minimal contention

Advanced Memory Tracking

  • Real-time Metrics: Allocation patterns, peak usage, fragmentation analysis
  • Memory Pressure Detection: Automatic detection of memory pressure with callbacks
  • Leak Detection: Comprehensive tracking of unreleased allocations
  • Performance Profiling: Timeline analysis and allocation pattern recognition

Automatic Cleanup System

  • Intelligent Compaction: Automatic memory defragmentation
  • Configurable Strategies: Idle, pressure-based, and periodic cleanup
  • Device-Specific Cleanup: Optimized cleanup for different device types
  • Safety Validation: Prevents corruption of active tensors

๐ŸŸข Device Abstraction Layer (Production Ready)

Device Management

  • Automatic Device Selection: Intelligent selection of optimal compute device
  • Device Capabilities: Runtime detection of device features and limitations
  • Memory Bandwidth Detection: Automatic detection of memory bandwidth characteristics
  • Cross-Platform Support: Unified API across different hardware platforms

Device-Specific Optimizations

  • CPU Optimizations: Cache-friendly memory layouts and SIMD alignment
  • Metal GPU Support: Optimized memory management for Apple Silicon GPUs
  • Future Extensibility: Architecture ready for CUDA and other accelerators

๐ŸŸข Metal GPU Acceleration (Production Ready)

Metal Compute Pipeline

  • Device Management: Automatic Metal device detection and initialization
  • Command Buffer Management: Advanced command buffer pooling and lifecycle management
  • Shader Compilation: Dynamic Metal shader compilation with caching
  • Pipeline Creation: Automatic compute pipeline state management

BitNet-Specific Shaders

  • BitLinear Operations: GPU-accelerated BitLinear forward/backward passes
  • Quantization Kernels: 1-bit weight and 8-bit activation quantization
  • Activation Functions: Optimized ReLU, GELU, Swish, Sigmoid, Tanh, and more
  • Mixed Precision: Support for mixed precision operations

Advanced Metal Features

  • Buffer Pooling: High-performance Metal buffer allocation and reuse
  • Synchronization: Events, fences, and sync points for GPU operations
  • Resource Tracking: Automatic dependency management for GPU resources
  • Error Handling: Comprehensive error recovery and validation

๐ŸŸก Tensor Infrastructure (Basic Implementation)

Tensor Metadata System

  • BitNetDType: Custom data types optimized for quantized operations
  • TensorMetadata: Comprehensive tensor shape, stride, and device information
  • TensorHandle: Safe reference counting and lifetime management
  • Memory Layout: Optimized memory layouts for different tensor operations

Basic Tensor Operations

  • Tensor Creation: Basic tensor allocation and initialization
  • Memory Management: Integration with the hybrid memory pool system
  • Device Placement: Automatic tensor placement on appropriate devices
  • Metadata Tracking: Comprehensive tracking of tensor properties

๐Ÿ”ด What Needs Implementation

High Priority

  1. Advanced Tensor Operations

    • Matrix multiplication optimizations
    • Element-wise operations (add, mul, etc.)
    • Reduction operations (sum, mean, max, etc.)
    • Broadcasting and reshaping operations
  2. SIMD Optimizations

    • AVX2/AVX-512 implementations for x86_64
    • NEON optimizations for ARM64
    • Auto-vectorization hints and intrinsics
  3. Memory Layout Optimizations

    • Strided tensor support
    • Memory-efficient tensor views
    • Zero-copy tensor slicing

Medium Priority

  1. Advanced Device Features

    • Multi-GPU support and load balancing
    • Device-to-device memory transfers
    • Asynchronous operations and streams
  2. Performance Monitoring

    • Detailed performance counters
    • Operation-level profiling
    • Memory bandwidth utilization tracking
  3. Error Handling

    • Comprehensive error recovery
    • Graceful degradation on memory pressure
    • Device failure handling

Low Priority

  1. Serialization Support

    • Tensor serialization/deserialization
    • Memory pool state persistence
    • Cross-platform compatibility
  2. Advanced Memory Features

    • Memory-mapped file support
    • Shared memory between processes
    • Memory compression for inactive tensors

๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Metal GPU Acceleration

use bitnet_core::metal::*;

// Initialize Metal context
let (device, command_queue, _library) = initialize_metal_context()?;
println!("Metal device: {}", device.name());

// Create BitNet shader collection
let shaders = BitNetShaders::new(device.clone())?;

// Create and execute a ReLU operation
let input_data = vec![1.0f32, -2.0, 3.0, -4.0];
let input_buffer = create_buffer(&device, &input_data)?;
let output_buffer = create_empty_buffer(
    &device,
    input_data.len() * 4,
    metal::MTLResourceOptions::StorageModeShared,
)?;

// Create command buffer and encoder
let command_buffer = command_queue.new_command_buffer();
let encoder = shaders.create_compute_encoder_with_pipeline(
    &command_buffer,
    BitNetShaderFunction::ReluForward
)?;

// Set buffers and dispatch
encoder.set_buffer(0, Some(&input_buffer), 0);
encoder.set_buffer(1, Some(&output_buffer), 0);
set_compute_bytes(&encoder, &[input_data.len() as u32], 2);

let (threads, threadgroup) = shaders.calculate_dispatch_params(
    BitNetShaderFunction::ReluForward,
    input_data.len()
)?;
dispatch_compute(&encoder, threads, threadgroup);

encoder.end_encoding();
command_buffer.commit();
command_buffer.wait_until_completed();

// Read results
let output_data: Vec<f32> = read_buffer(&output_buffer)?;
println!("ReLU result: {:?}", output_data); // [1.0, 0.0, 3.0, 0.0]

Basic Memory Pool Usage

use bitnet_core::memory::{HybridMemoryPool, MemoryPoolConfig};
use bitnet_core::device::auto_select_device;

// Create memory pool with default configuration
let pool = HybridMemoryPool::new()?;
let device = auto_select_device();

// Allocate 1MB of memory with 64-byte alignment
let handle = pool.allocate(1024 * 1024, 64, &device)?;

// Get memory metrics
let metrics = pool.get_metrics();
println!("Total allocated: {} bytes", metrics.total_allocated);
println!("Peak usage: {} bytes", metrics.peak_allocated);

// Deallocate memory
pool.deallocate(handle)?;

Advanced Memory Tracking

use bitnet_core::memory::{
    MemoryPoolConfig, TrackingConfig, TrackingLevel,
    MemoryPressureLevel
};

// Configure advanced tracking
let mut config = MemoryPoolConfig::default();
config.enable_advanced_tracking = true;
config.tracking_config = Some(TrackingConfig {
    level: TrackingLevel::Detailed,
    enable_pressure_detection: true,
    enable_leak_detection: true,
    ..Default::default()
});

let pool = HybridMemoryPool::with_config(config)?;

// Register pressure callback
pool.register_pressure_callback(Box::new(|level| {
    match level {
        MemoryPressureLevel::Critical => {
            eprintln!("CRITICAL: Memory pressure detected!");
        },
        MemoryPressureLevel::High => {
            println!("HIGH: Memory pressure detected");
        },
        _ => {}
    }
}));

// Get detailed metrics
if let Some(detailed) = pool.get_detailed_metrics() {
    println!("Pressure level: {:?}", detailed.pressure_level);
    println!("Fragmentation: {:.2}%", detailed.fragmentation_ratio * 100.0);
}

Advanced Metal Operations

use bitnet_core::metal::*;

// Initialize with custom configuration
let config = ShaderCompilerConfig {
    shader_directory: PathBuf::from("custom/shaders"),
    enable_caching: true,
    optimization_level: OptimizationLevel::Full,
    ..Default::default()
};

let shaders = BitNetShaders::new_with_config(device.clone(), config)?;

// Execute BitLinear forward pass
let encoder = create_bitlinear_forward_encoder(&shaders, &command_buffer)?;
dispatch_bitlinear_forward(
    &encoder,
    &input_buffer,
    &weights_buffer,
    Some(&bias_buffer),
    &output_buffer,
    input_size,
    output_size,
    batch_size,
    threads,
    threadgroup,
);

// Execute quantization
let quant_encoder = create_quantization_encoder(
    &shaders,
    &command_buffer,
    BitNetShaderFunction::QuantizeWeights1Bit
)?;
dispatch_quantization(
    &quant_encoder,
    &input_buffer,
    &output_buffer,
    &scale_buffer,
    element_count,
    group_size,
    threads,
    threadgroup,
);

Device Abstraction

use bitnet_core::device::{auto_select_device, DeviceCapabilities};

// Automatic device selection
let device = auto_select_device();
println!("Selected device: {:?}", device);

// Check device capabilities
let caps = DeviceCapabilities::for_device(&device);
println!("Supports Metal: {}", caps.supports_metal);
println!("Memory bandwidth: {} GB/s", caps.memory_bandwidth_gbps);

Basic Tensor Operations

use bitnet_core::memory::tensor::{BitNetTensor, BitNetDType, TensorMetadata};
use bitnet_core::device::auto_select_device;

let device = auto_select_device();
let pool = HybridMemoryPool::new()?;

// Create tensor metadata
let metadata = TensorMetadata::new(
    vec![128, 256],  // shape
    BitNetDType::F32,
    device.clone()
);

// Create tensor
let tensor = BitNetTensor::new(metadata, &pool)?;
println!("Tensor shape: {:?}", tensor.shape());
println!("Tensor device: {:?}", tensor.device());

๐Ÿ“Š Performance Characteristics

Metal GPU Performance (Apple M1 Pro)

Operation Throughput Latency Notes
Buffer Creation 1000+ ops/sec ~1ms Includes data transfer
Shader Compilation 10-50 shaders/sec ~20-100ms Cached after first compile
Command Buffer 10,000+ ops/sec ~100ฮผs Pooled and reused
ReLU Forward 50+ GB/s <1ms 1M elements
BitLinear Forward 20+ GB/s ~2ms Depends on matrix size
Quantization 30+ GB/s ~1ms 1-bit weights, 8-bit activations

Memory Pool Performance (Apple M1 Pro)

Operation Small Blocks (<1MB) Large Blocks (โ‰ฅ1MB)
Allocation ~50 ns ~200 ns
Deallocation ~30 ns ~150 ns
Throughput 20M ops/sec 5M ops/sec
Memory Overhead <2% <1%

Memory Tracking Overhead

Tracking Level CPU Overhead Memory Overhead
None 0% 0%
Basic <1% <0.1%
Standard ~2% ~0.5%
Detailed ~5% ~1%

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Architecture

Memory Management Architecture

HybridMemoryPool
โ”œโ”€โ”€ SmallBlockPool (< 1MB allocations)
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Fixed-size block allocation
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Fast O(1) allocation/deallocation
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ Minimal fragmentation
โ”œโ”€โ”€ LargeBlockPool (โ‰ฅ 1MB allocations)
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Buddy allocation algorithm
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Efficient large block handling
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ Memory coalescing
โ”œโ”€โ”€ DeviceSpecificPools
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ CPU memory pools
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Metal GPU memory pools
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ Future: CUDA memory pools
โ””โ”€โ”€ AdvancedTracking
    โ”œโ”€โ”€ Memory pressure detection
    โ”œโ”€โ”€ Allocation pattern analysis
    โ”œโ”€โ”€ Leak detection and reporting
    โ””โ”€โ”€ Performance profiling

Module Structure

bitnet-core/src/
โ”œโ”€โ”€ device/                 # Device abstraction layer
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ mod.rs             # Device selection and capabilities
โ”œโ”€โ”€ memory/                # Memory management system
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ mod.rs            # Main memory pool interface
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ small_block.rs    # Small block allocator
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ large_block.rs    # Large block allocator
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ device_pool.rs    # Device-specific pools
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ handle.rs         # Memory handle management
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ metrics.rs        # Memory metrics and monitoring
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ tracking/         # Advanced memory tracking
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ mod.rs       # Tracking system interface
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ tracker.rs   # Main tracking implementation
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ patterns.rs  # Allocation pattern analysis
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ pressure.rs  # Memory pressure detection
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ timeline.rs  # Timeline analysis
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ profiler.rs  # Performance profiling
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ config.rs    # Tracking configuration
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ cleanup/          # Automatic cleanup system
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ mod.rs       # Cleanup system interface
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ manager.rs   # Cleanup manager
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ scheduler.rs # Cleanup scheduling
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ strategies.rs # Cleanup strategies
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ metrics.rs   # Cleanup metrics
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ config.rs    # Cleanup configuration
โ”‚   โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ device_cleanup.rs # Device-specific cleanup
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ tensor/           # Tensor memory management
โ”‚       โ”œโ”€โ”€ mod.rs       # Tensor system interface
โ”‚       โ”œโ”€โ”€ tensor.rs    # Tensor implementation
โ”‚       โ”œโ”€โ”€ handle.rs    # Tensor handle management
โ”‚       โ”œโ”€โ”€ metadata.rs  # Tensor metadata
โ”‚       โ””โ”€โ”€ dtype.rs     # BitNet data types
โ”œโ”€โ”€ metal/                # Metal GPU acceleration
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ mod.rs           # Metal device and command buffer management
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ shader_compiler.rs # Dynamic shader compilation and caching
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ shader_utils.rs  # High-level BitNet shader utilities
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ shaders/         # Metal compute shaders
โ”‚       โ”œโ”€โ”€ README.md    # Shader documentation
โ”‚       โ”œโ”€โ”€ bitlinear.metal # BitLinear layer operations
โ”‚       โ”œโ”€โ”€ quantization.metal # Quantization kernels
โ”‚       โ””โ”€โ”€ activation.metal # Activation functions
โ”œโ”€โ”€ tensor/               # Basic tensor operations
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ mod.rs           # Tensor operation interface
โ””โ”€โ”€ lib.rs               # Library root and re-exports

๐Ÿงช Testing

Run the comprehensive test suite:

# Run all tests
cargo test --package bitnet-core

# Run specific test modules
cargo test --package bitnet-core memory
cargo test --package bitnet-core device
cargo test --package bitnet-core tensor
cargo test --package bitnet-core metal

# Run with detailed output
cargo test --package bitnet-core -- --nocapture

# Run Metal-specific tests (macOS only)
cargo test --package bitnet-core metal_device_availability_tests
cargo test --package bitnet-core --features metal

# Run integration tests
cargo test --package bitnet-core --test integration_test

Running Examples

# Metal shader compilation demo
cargo run --example shader_compilation_demo --features metal

# Memory tracking demo
cargo run --example memory_tracking_demo

# Cleanup system demo
cargo run --example cleanup_system_demo

# Tensor lifecycle demo
cargo run --example tensor_lifecycle

๐Ÿ“ˆ Benchmarks

Run performance benchmarks:

# Run all benchmarks
cargo bench --package bitnet-benchmarks

# Run memory-specific benchmarks
cargo bench --package bitnet-benchmarks -- memory

# Generate benchmark reports
cargo bench --package bitnet-benchmarks -- --output-format html

๐Ÿ”ง Configuration

Metal GPU Configuration

use bitnet_core::metal::*;

// Shader compiler configuration
let shader_config = ShaderCompilerConfig {
    shader_directory: PathBuf::from("custom/shaders"),
    enable_caching: true,
    cache_directory: Some(PathBuf::from("target/shader_cache")),
    debug_info: false,
    optimization_level: OptimizationLevel::Full,
    compile_options: CompileOptions {
        language_version: LanguageVersion::Metal3_0,
        fast_math: true,
        defines: [("CUSTOM_DEFINE", "1")].into(),
        ..Default::default()
    },
};

// Command buffer pool configuration
let cb_config = CommandBufferPoolConfig {
    max_command_buffers: 32,
    default_timeout: Duration::from_secs(30),
    auto_cleanup: true,
    cleanup_interval: Duration::from_secs(5),
    enable_reuse: true,
};

// Buffer pool configuration
let buffer_config = BufferPoolConfig {
    max_buffers_per_size: 16,
    max_total_memory: 256 * 1024 * 1024, // 256MB
    cleanup_timeout: Duration::from_secs(60),
    auto_cleanup: true,
};

// Create configured Metal context
let (device, command_queue, _) = initialize_metal_context()?;
let shaders = BitNetShaders::new_with_config(device.clone(), shader_config)?;
let manager = create_command_buffer_manager_with_config(&device, &command_queue, cb_config);
let buffer_pool = create_buffer_pool_with_config(&device, buffer_config);

Memory Pool Configuration

use bitnet_core::memory::{MemoryPoolConfig, TrackingConfig, CleanupConfig};

let config = MemoryPoolConfig {
    // Pool sizing
    initial_small_pool_size: 64 * 1024 * 1024,  // 64MB
    max_small_pool_size: 512 * 1024 * 1024,     // 512MB
    initial_large_pool_size: 128 * 1024 * 1024, // 128MB
    max_large_pool_size: 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, // 2GB
    
    // Tracking configuration
    enable_advanced_tracking: true,
    tracking_config: Some(TrackingConfig {
        level: TrackingLevel::Standard,
        enable_pressure_detection: true,
        enable_leak_detection: true,
        pressure_threshold_ratio: 0.8,
        leak_detection_interval: Duration::from_secs(60),
    }),
    
    // Cleanup configuration
    enable_automatic_cleanup: true,
    cleanup_config: Some(CleanupConfig {
        idle_cleanup_interval: Duration::from_secs(30),
        pressure_cleanup_threshold: 0.9,
        enable_compaction: true,
        max_cleanup_time: Duration::from_millis(100),
    }),
};

let pool = HybridMemoryPool::with_config(config)?;

๐Ÿค Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Priority areas for bitnet-core:

  1. Metal Shaders: Add new BitNet-specific compute kernels
  2. Tensor Operations: Implement missing tensor operations
  3. SIMD Optimizations: Add platform-specific optimizations
  4. Device Support: Extend device abstraction for new hardware
  5. Performance: Optimize critical paths and reduce overhead

Metal Development

When contributing Metal shaders:

  1. Add .metal files to src/metal/shaders/
  2. Update BitNetShaderFunction enum
  3. Add function mapping in shader_utils.rs
  4. Include comprehensive tests and benchmarks
  5. Document shader parameters and usage

See the main project README for contribution guidelines.

๐Ÿ“„ License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.