library_name: kernels
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- kernel
- webgpu
- wgsl
com.microsoft.BiasSoftmax
com.microsoft · ONNX Runtime contrib operator · contrib since_version 1
Description
Computes softmax(data + bias) over the flattened suffix beginning at axis. The required is_inner_broadcast attribute selects how bias rows are reused: consecutive groups for inner broadcast or cyclic groups for outer broadcast. This specializes the softmax(scores + additive_mask) pattern used by transformer attention. Float16 and float32 are supported; the schema's double type is not.
See the ONNX Runtime BiasSoftmax contrib-operator spec for the reference semantics.
Inputs
| Name | Logical dtype | Rank | Shape | Description | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
data |
T |
— | — | The input data tensor. | required |
bias |
T |
— | — | The bias (or additive mask) tensor. Its element count must be an integral number of flattened softmax rows and that row count must divide the data row count. | required |
Outputs
| Name | Logical dtype | Rank | Shape | Description | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
output |
T |
same as data |
same as data |
The output tensor; same shape as data. | required |
Attributes
Attributes and default values (overridable per request):
| Attribute | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
axis |
1 |
The axis from which softmax is applied; dimensions from axis onward are included in the softmax reduction. |
is_inner_broadcast |
— | Let data_row and bias_row index flattened rows of length product(data.shape[axis:]). When 1, consecutive data-row groups reuse each bias row: bias_row = floor(data_row / (data_row_count / bias_row_count)). When 0, bias rows repeat cyclically: bias_row = data_row % bias_row_count. |
Type constraints
| Variable | Allowed dtypes |
|---|---|
T |
float32, float16 |
Files
metadata.json— kernel metadata (id, digests, per-variant templates, provenance)manifest.json— the op contract (source of truth)test.json— correctness casesbench.json— benchmark + tuning casesbias-softmax-longrow-normalize.wgsl.jinjabias-softmax-longrow-stats.wgsl.jinjabias-softmax.wgsl.jinja
Use with @huggingface/kernels
npm install --save-exact @huggingface/kernels@0.0.1-preview.2
Required output shapes and logical data types are inferred from the supplied inputs and attributes; result tensors are allocated automatically.
The version: 1 option selects the published kernel contract; it is independent of any operator opset, contrib since_version, or model version.
It follows the v1 branch as fixes land. To pin exact artifact bytes, pass a 40-character commit revision instead of version.
Replace each *Data placeholder with a typed array containing the corresponding input data.
import { getKernel } from "@huggingface/kernels";
const kernel = await getKernel("webgpu-kernels/com.microsoft.BiasSoftmax", { version: 1 });
const { output } = await kernel({
data: { data: dataData, shape: [1, 2, 2] },
bias: { data: biasData, shape: [1, 2, 2] },
}, {
attrs: { is_inner_broadcast: 1 },
});