Software tools & optimizations#
Discover the latest blogs about ROCm software tools, libraries, and performance optimizations to help you get the most out of your AMD hardware.

ROCm Runfile Installer Is Here!
Overview of ROCm Runfile Installer introduced in ROCm 6.4, allowing a complete single package for driver and ROCm installation without internet connectivity

From Theory to Kernel: Implement FlashAttention-v2 with CK-Tile
Learn how to implement FlashAttention-v2 with CK-Tile: minimize memory overhead, maximize compute efficiency, and scale on AMD GPUs

Introducing ROCm-DS: GPU-Accelerated Data Science for AMD Instinct™ GPUs
Accelerate data science with ROCm-DS: AMD’s GPU-optimized toolkit for faster data frames and graph analytics using hipDF and hipGRAPH

Unleash Full GPU Potential: Overlap Communication and Computation with Triton-Distributed
Unlock the full power of AMD GPUs—write portable, efficient kernels with Triton-Distributed, overlapping computation and communication with ease and flexibility

Optimizing DeepseekV3 Inference on SGLang Using ROCm Profiling Tools
Dive into kernel-level profiling of DeepseekV3 on SGLang—identify GPU bottlenecks and boost large language model performance using ROCm

Boosting Llama 4 Inference Performance with AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs
Learn how to boost your Llama 4 inference performance on AMD MI300X GPUs using AITER-optimized kernels and advanced vLLM techniques

Beyond Text: Accelerating Multimodal AI Inference with Speculative Decoding on AMD Instinct™ MI300X GPUs
This blog shows you how to speedup your multimodal models with AMD’s open-source PyTorch tools for speculative decoding on MI300X GPUs

Hands-On with CK-Tile: Develop and Run Optimized GEMM on AMD GPUs
Build high-performance GEMM kernels using CK-Tile on AMD Instinct GPUs with vendor-optimized pipelines and policies for AI and HPC workloads

Installing ROCm from source with Spack
Install ROCm and PyTorch from source using Spack. Learn how to optimize builds, manage dependencies, and streamline your GPU software stacks.

Unlock Peak Performance on AMD GPUs with Triton Kernel Optimizations
Learn how Triton compiles and optimizes AI kernels on AMD GPUs, with deep dives into IR flows, hardware-specific passes, and performance tuning tips

What's New in the AMD GPU Operator v1.2.0 Release
This blog highlights the new feature enhancements that were released as part of the AMD GPU Operator v1.2.0 release. New features that enhance the use of AMD Instinct GPUs on Kubernetes including Automated Upgrades, Health Checks and Open-sourcing the codebase.

Introducing ROCprofiler SDK - The Latest Toolkit for Performance Profiling
Discover ROCprofiler SDK – ROCm’s next-generation, unified, scalable, and high-performance profiling toolkit for AI and HPC workloads on AMD GPUs.