baracuda-transformer-engine-sys
v0.0.1-alpha.77 ExperimentalBuild + raw FFI bindings to baracuda's port of NVIDIA TransformerEngine's FP8 cast/transpose + delayed-scaling recipe primitives. Cast/recipe subset only — `normalization` / `fused_rope` / `fused_attn` / `fused_softmax` / `activation` / `gemm` deliberately skipped (overlap existing baracuda Phase 3/5/14/17/30/31/36/41/42). NO cuDNN dep (recipe + cast paths don't need it; `fused_attn` would, and we skip it); NO pybind11 (the safe wrapper lives in `baracuda-transformer-engine` and exposes a raw C ABI defined in `csrc/baracuda_te_shim.cu`). Apache-2.0 per upstream — see `ATTRIBUTION.md`.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 4d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Tiny footprint (24KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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248 downloads in the last 30 days (8/day), up 31% from the previous period.
The primary maintainer publishes 161 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 24KB, baracuda-transformer-engine-sys is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
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