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Berkeley AI Research·· 2026-07-29AI score52

From CUDA to MLX: How K-Search Brings Decades of Kernel Expertise to Apple Silicon

From CUDA to MLX: How K-Search Brings Decades of Kernel Expertise to Apple Silicon

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Researchers extend Berkeley Sky Lab's evolutionary kernel search framework K-Search with an MLX backend, using a structured CUDA-to-MLX translation layer to transfer decades of NVIDIA kernel optimization knowledge to Apple Silicon, achieving near-expert-level kernels.

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