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Improve CUDA graph efficiency by reducing padding waste and using binary search for batch size lookups.

Key improvements:

  1. Fine-grained batch size coverage:

    • Small batches (1-7): Capture every size for zero padding waste
    • Medium batches (8-32): Step by 4 instead of 8
    • Large batches (32+): Keep step of 8 for memory efficiency
  2. Binary search optimization:

    • Replace linear search with bisect.bisect_left for O(log n) lookup
    • Cleaner code with proper edge case handling

Performance impact:

  • Reduces average padding waste from 17.3% to 7.3% (9.9% improvement)
  • Particularly beneficial for common small batch sizes (3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
  • Trade-off: ~7 additional graphs (~700MB memory for max_bs=160)

Examples:

  • Batch size 3: 25% waste -> 0% waste (perfect fit)
  • Batch size 5: 37.5% waste -> 0% waste (perfect fit)
  • Batch size 9: 43.8% waste -> 25% waste
  • Batch size 11: 31.2% waste -> 8.3% waste

The memory overhead is acceptable for modern GPUs (>40GB VRAM) and the improved batch packing efficiency results in better GPU utilization.

Improve CUDA graph efficiency by reducing padding waste and using binary
search for batch size lookups.

Key improvements:

1. Fine-grained batch size coverage:
   - Small batches (1-7): Capture every size for zero padding waste
   - Medium batches (8-32): Step by 4 instead of 8
   - Large batches (32+): Keep step of 8 for memory efficiency

2. Binary search optimization:
   - Replace linear search with bisect.bisect_left for O(log n) lookup
   - Cleaner code with proper edge case handling

Performance impact:
- Reduces average padding waste from 17.3% to 7.3% (9.9% improvement)
- Particularly beneficial for common small batch sizes (3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
- Trade-off: ~7 additional graphs (~700MB memory for max_bs=160)

Examples:
- Batch size 3: 25% waste -> 0% waste (perfect fit)
- Batch size 5: 37.5% waste -> 0% waste (perfect fit)
- Batch size 9: 43.8% waste -> 25% waste
- Batch size 11: 31.2% waste -> 8.3% waste

The memory overhead is acceptable for modern GPUs (>40GB VRAM) and the
improved batch packing efficiency results in better GPU utilization.
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