Symbol k
the shared inner dimension: columns in the first matrix and rows in the second.
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Multiplying an m k matrix by a k n matrix performs 2mnk floating-point operations while touching mk + kn + mn elements. If each element occupies s bytes, the ratio of work done to bytes moved is
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Multiplying an m k matrix by a k n matrix performs 2mnk floating-point operations while touching mk + kn + mn elements. If each element occupies s bytes, the ratio of work done to bytes moved is
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- : the shared inner dimension: columns in the first matrix and rows in the second.
- : the number of columns in the second matrix.