How to pronounce GEMM
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GEMM is most commonly pronounced "jem" (/dʒɛm/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.
GEMM stands for GEneral Matrix Multiply, the BLAS Level-3 routine C = αAB + βC and the single most-invoked GPU kernel in deep learning ("fp8 gemm", "grouped gemm"). One syllable, said exactly like the jewel GEM — /dʒɛm/. The double M just comes from the BLAS function names (sgemm/dgemm/cgemm) and is NOT a geminated or hard sound. Non-native devs often mis-say it as spelled-out "G-E-M-M"; it looks like an initialism and the doubled M invites a wrong reading.
Source: Wikipedia — GEMM (General matrix multiply, a BLAS subprogram)
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How do you pronounce GEMM?
GEMM is pronounced "jem" (/dʒɛm/). GEMM stands for GEneral Matrix Multiply, the BLAS Level-3 routine C = αAB + βC and the single most-invoked GPU kernel in deep learning ("fp8 gemm", "grouped gemm"). One syllable, said exactly like the jewel GEM — /dʒɛm/. The double M just comes from the BLAS function names (sgemm/dgemm/cgemm) and is NOT a geminated or hard sound. Non-native devs often mis-say it as spelled-out "G-E-M-M"; it looks like an initialism and the doubled M invites a wrong reading. Source: Wikipedia — GEMM (General matrix multiply, a BLAS subprogram).
What is the IPA for GEMM?
The IPA for GEMM is /dʒɛm/, respelled "jem".
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