Reader Map

This page is a navigational index for the SGEMM whitepaper site. Choose an entry point based on your intent, background, and available time.

Entry paths by intent

Who you are	Best entry point	Expected time
Interviewer auditing system clarity	Architecture Overview	8 min
Candidate preparing a walkthrough	Academy Overview + Learning Path	25 min
CUDA learner starting from scratch	Getting Started → Architecture → Academy	45 min
Performance skeptic	Validation Overview → Benchmark Results	12 min
Researcher tracing lineage	Research Desk → Papers → Related Projects	20 min
Reader who wants the fastest overview	This page + Architecture Overview	5 min

The whitepaper argument structure

The site is organized as a sequence of claims, each backed by a dedicated section:

Claim: SGEMM optimization should read as a reasoning chain
  └─ Architecture  → system map, invariants, bottleneck ladder
  └─ Academy       → ordered kernel study with causal explanations
  └─ Validation    → correctness policy, benchmark scope, trust boundary
  └─ Research      → paper lineage, related repos, evolution notes

Each section has one primary job. The Reader Map helps you skip directly to the section that matches your question.

Depth tiers

Tier 1: 5-minute reviewer sweep

1. Architecture Overview — system claim and kernel ladder
2. Validation Overview — what the evidence can and cannot prove

Tier 2: 20-minute technical audit

1. Architecture Overview
2. Kernel Ladder
3. Memory Flow
4. Validation Overview
5. Benchmark Scope

Tier 3: Full whitepaper reading

Follow the Learning Path in Academy, which maps the complete order from orientation through each kernel deep dive.

Cross-section dependencies

Some pages build on each other. Here are the important pairs:

• Read Tensor Core Path after Memory Flow, not before.
• Read Benchmark Results after Benchmark Scope and Reproducibility, not before.
• Read Performance Casebook after Validation Overview, not before.
• Read any kernel deep dive after Learning Path establishes the ladder order.

Related pages

• Getting Started — environment setup and first run
• System Blueprint — full component dependency map
• Performance Model — quantitative cost model behind the ladder