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GPU Optimization

MediumPython

Problem

Tell me about a time you optimized GPU performance for an application, and what changes you made.

For this coding exercise, implement a function that converts profiling observations into prioritized optimization recommendations. Each observation contains memory_bound, coalesced, occupancy, launch_overhead, and branch_divergence fields. Return applicable recommendations ordered by descending evidence, using the tie order defined below.

Function signature: recommend_gpu_optimizations(profile) Input is a list of dictionaries, and output is a list of recommendation strings.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(profile) <= 10^4
  • Each observation contains all five required fields
  • memory_bound, coalesced, launch_overhead, and branch_divergence are booleans
  • occupancy is a number in the range [0, 1]
  • Return recommendations in descending evidence order, using the specified priority for ties

Function Signature

def recommend_gpu_optimizations(profile):
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