arxivcs.AIcs.SE2026-07-02
Hawk: Harnessing Hardware-Aware Knowledge for High-Performance NPU Kernel Generation
Junyi Wen, Ruiyan Zhuang, Yongjia Xu, Pengtu Li, Rui Zou, Hongyi Chen, et al.
Developing high-performance kernels for Neural Processing Units (NPUs) is a critical industry bottleneck, requiring developers to manually navigate implicit hardware constraints and strict memory hierarchies. While large language models offer immense automation potential, they fa…