add channel wise quantization option for QDQ, and opt for intel NPU

onnxruntime/python/tools/quantization/matmul_nbits_quantizer.py

@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ def __init__(
         op_types_to_quantize: tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
         quant_axes: tuple[tuple[str, int], ...] | None = None,
         bits: int = 4,
+        channel_wised_quantize: bool = False,
     ):
         """
         This is a class for weight only affine quantization configuration.
@@ -236,6 +237,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.is_symmetric = is_symmetric
         self.bits = bits
         self.accuracy_level = accuracy_level
+        self.channel_wised_quantize = channel_wised_quantize
+        if channel_wised_quantize and quant_format == QuantFormat.QOperator:
+            raise NotImplementedError("QuantFormat.QOperator is not supported channel_wised_quantize yet")
 
 
 class NVAWQWeightOnlyQuantConfig(WeightOnlyQuantConfig):
@@ -734,6 +738,26 @@ def get_initializer(name, graph_path: list[GraphProto]) -> tuple[TensorProto, Gr
     return None, None
 
 
+# transpose int4 matrix (packed as uint8)
+def transpose_packed_int4_matrix(packed, rows, cols):
+    # unpack to int4 matrix
+    total = rows * cols
+    high = (packed >> 4) & 0x0F
+    low = packed & 0x0F
+    int4_vals = np.empty(total, dtype=np.uint8)
+    int4_vals[0::2] = low
+    int4_vals[1::2] = high
+    int4_matrix = int4_vals.reshape((rows, cols))
+
+    # transpose int4 matrix
+    int4_matrix_transposed = int4_matrix.T
+
+    # pack to uint8
+    flat = int4_matrix_transposed.reshape(-1)
+    packed = ((flat[1::2] << 4) & 0xF0) | (flat[0::2] & 0x0F)
+    return packed.astype(np.uint8)
+
+
 class DefaultWeightOnlyQuantizer:
     def __init__(self, config: DefaultWeightOnlyQuantConfig):
         self.config = config
@@ -770,6 +794,10 @@ def qbits_block_quant(self, fp32weight: npt.ArrayLike) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.n
                     packed, fp32weight, scales, zero_point, block_size, cols, rows, self.config.is_symmetric
                 )
         else:
+            # block size equal to rows (K) if channel wised quantize enabled
+            block_size = rows if self.config.channel_wised_quantize else self.config.block_size
+            k_blocks = (rows + block_size - 1) // block_size
+
             assert qbits == 4, "QDQ format only support 4 bits quantization"
             packed = np.zeros((rows * cols + 1) // 2, dtype="uint8")
             zero_point = np.zeros((cols * k_blocks + 1) // 2, dtype="uint8")
@@ -812,6 +840,16 @@ def quantize_matmul(self, node: NodeProto, graph_stack: list[GraphProto]) -> lis
             )
             scales_tensor = onnx.numpy_helper.from_array(scales, b_tensor.name + "_DQ_scales")
 
+        # if QDQ, CW and SYM enabled, optimize for Intel NPU, tranpose the weight to NHWC format will increase performance
+        qdq_opt_for_intel_npu_enabled = self.config.quant_format == QuantFormat.QDQ \
+            and self.config.channel_wised_quantize and self.config.is_symmetric
+        if qdq_opt_for_intel_npu_enabled:
+            rows, cols = b_ndarray.shape
+            packed = transpose_packed_int4_matrix(packed, rows, cols)
+            scales = scales.reshape((cols, 1)) # (cols, 1)
+            b_quant = onnx.helper.make_tensor(b_tensor.name + f"_DQ_Q{bits}", qtype, [cols, rows], packed.tobytes(), True)
+            scales_tensor = onnx.numpy_helper.from_array(scales, b_tensor.name + "_DQ_scales")
+
         for input in b_graph.input:
             if input.name == input_b:
                 b_graph.input.remove(input)
@@ -849,15 +887,21 @@ def quantize_matmul(self, node: NodeProto, graph_stack: list[GraphProto]) -> lis
         else:
             dq_input_names = [b_quant.name, scales_tensor.name]
             dq_output_names = [b_quant.name + "_output"]
-            matmul_input_names = [node.input[0], dq_output_names[0]]
+            tp_input_names = [dq_output_names[0]]
+            tp_output_names = [dq_output_names[0] + "_transposed"]
+            matmul_input_names = [node.input[0], tp_output_names[0] if qdq_opt_for_intel_npu_enabled else dq_output_names[0]]
             matmul_output_names = [node.output[0]]
             if not self.config.is_symmetric:
                 zp_tensor = onnx.helper.make_tensor(
                     b_tensor.name + "_DQ_zero_points", qtype, scales.shape, zero_points.tobytes(), True
                 )
                 dq_input_names.append(zp_tensor.name)
                 b_graph.initializer.extend([zp_tensor])
-            dq_kwargs = {"axis": 0, "block_size": self.config.block_size}
+            rows, cols = b_ndarray.shape
+            dq_kwargs = {
+                "axis": 1 if qdq_opt_for_intel_npu_enabled else 0,
+                "block_size": rows if self.config.channel_wised_quantize else self.config.block_size
+            }
             dq_node = onnx.helper.make_node(
                 "DequantizeLinear",
                 inputs=dq_input_names,
@@ -871,7 +915,16 @@ def quantize_matmul(self, node: NodeProto, graph_stack: list[GraphProto]) -> lis
                 outputs=matmul_output_names,
                 name=node.name + f"_matmul_Q{bits}" if node.name else "",
             )
-            output_nodes.extend([dq_node, matmul_node])
+            if qdq_opt_for_intel_npu_enabled:
+                tp_node = onnx.helper.make_node(
+                    "Transpose",
+                    inputs=tp_input_names,
+                    outputs=tp_output_names,
+                    perm=[1,0],
+                )
+                output_nodes.extend([dq_node, tp_node, matmul_node])
+            else:
+                output_nodes.extend([dq_node, matmul_node])
 
         return output_nodes
 
@@ -1136,6 +1189,7 @@ def __init__(
         quant_format=QuantFormat.QOperator,
         op_types_to_quantize: tuple[str, ...] | None = None,
         quant_axes: tuple[tuple[str, int], ...] | None = None,
+        channel_wised_quantize: bool = False,
         algo_config: WeightOnlyQuantConfig | None = None,
     ):
         if nodes_to_exclude is None:
@@ -1158,6 +1212,7 @@ def __init__(
                 op_types_to_quantize=op_types_to_quantize,
                 quant_axes=quant_axes,
                 bits=4,  # default to 4 bits
+                channel_wised_quantize=channel_wised_quantize,
             )
 
         self.algo_config = algo_config