arXiv:2603.08721v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: New AI accelerators with novel instruction set architectures (ISAs) often require developers to manually craft low-level kernels, a time-consuming and error-prone process that does not scale across hardware targets. This delays emerging hardware platforms from reaching the market. While prior LLM-based code generation has shown promise in mature GPU ecosystems, it remains unclear whether agentic LLM systems can quickly produce valid and efficient kernels for emerging hardware with new ISAs. We present KernelCraft: the first benchmark fo
The proliferation of new AI accelerators necessitates more efficient kernel generation, and LLMs are rapidly demonstrating advanced code synthesis capabilities.
This benchmark addresses a critical bottleneck in the adoption of emerging AI hardware by validating the effectiveness of agentic AI in kernel development, accelerating market entry for new processing units.
The development cycle for new AI hardware can be significantly shortened, shifting from manual, error-prone kernel crafting to AI-assisted, scalable generation.
- · AI accelerator manufacturers
- · Hardware developers
- · AI software vendors
- · Cloud providers
- · Manual kernel programmers
- · Inefficient hardware architectures
Faster time-to-market for novel AI hardware with optimized performance.
Increased competition among AI accelerator designs as the barrier to entry for software support is lowered.
Potential for new AI hardware paradigms to emerge rapidly, unconstrained by traditional software development cycles.
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