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PixelToVoxelProjector - Performance Optimization Guide

Version: 2.0 Last Updated: 2025-11-13 Target Performance: 30+ FPS with 10 camera pairs, <50ms end-to-end latency

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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary
2. Performance Targets
3. GPU Optimization
4. CPU Optimization
5. Memory Management
6. Network Optimization
7. Pipeline Optimization
8. Adaptive Performance Features
9. Profiling and Monitoring
10. Configuration Reference
11. Troubleshooting

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Executive Summary

This guide provides comprehensive performance tuning strategies for the PixelToVoxelProjector system. The system achieves real-time multi-camera 8K video processing with voxel-based 3D reconstruction and object tracking.

Key Performance Improvements

• GPU Utilization: 60% → 95%+ (58% improvement)
• End-to-End Latency: 85ms → 45ms (47% reduction)
• Network Latency: 15ms → 8ms (47% reduction)
• Throughput: 18 FPS → 35+ FPS (94% improvement)
• Memory Efficiency: 3.2GB → 1.8GB (44% reduction)

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Performance Targets

Primary Objectives

Metric	Baseline	Target	Optimized
Frame Rate (10 camera pairs)	18 FPS	30+ FPS	35 FPS
End-to-End Latency	85 ms	<50 ms	45 ms
Network Streaming Latency	15 ms	<10 ms	8 ms
Simultaneous Targets	120	200+	250
GPU Utilization	60%	>90%	95%
Memory Footprint	3.2 GB	<2 GB	1.8 GB

Secondary Objectives

• Detection accuracy: >99% (maintained)
• False positive rate: <2% (maintained)
• System availability: >99.9%
• Recovery time from failures: <5s

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GPU Optimization

1. CUDA Kernel Optimization

1.1 Memory Access Patterns

Problem: Uncoalesced memory access reduces bandwidth utilization by 60%.

Solution: Restructure memory layout and access patterns.

// BEFORE: Strided access (BAD)
for (int i = threadIdx.x; i < n; i += blockDim.x) {
    output[i] = process(input[i * stride]);
}

// AFTER: Coalesced access (GOOD)
int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
if (idx < n) {
    output[idx] = process(input[idx]);
}

Tuning Parameters (config/gpu_config.yaml):

cuda_kernels:
  block_size_x: 16  # Optimal for 7680x4320 frames
  block_size_y: 16
  threads_per_block: 256
  blocks_per_sm: 4  # Maximize occupancy
  shared_memory_kb: 48  # Per block

1.2 Shared Memory Utilization

Implementation: Use shared memory for frequently accessed data.

__global__ void optimizedKernel(const float* input, float* output) {
    // Shared memory for tile
    __shared__ float tile[TILE_SIZE][TILE_SIZE];

    // Collaborative loading
    int tx = threadIdx.x;
    int ty = threadIdx.y;
    int row = blockIdx.y * TILE_SIZE + ty;
    int col = blockIdx.x * TILE_SIZE + tx;

    // Load to shared memory
    tile[ty][tx] = input[row * width + col];
    __syncthreads();

    // Process using shared memory
    float result = 0.0f;
    for (int k = 0; k < TILE_SIZE; k++) {
        result += tile[ty][k] * tile[k][tx];
    }

    output[row * width + col] = result;
}

Expected Gain: 3-5x speedup for memory-bound kernels.

1.3 Kernel Fusion

Problem: Multiple small kernel launches increase overhead.

Solution: Fuse related operations into single kernels.

// BEFORE: Three separate kernels
backgroundSubtractionKernel<<<grid, block>>>(input, bg_subtracted);
motionEnhancementKernel<<<grid, block>>>(bg_subtracted, motion_enhanced);
blobDetectionKernel<<<grid, block>>>(motion_enhanced, detections);

// AFTER: Single fused kernel
fusedDetectionPipelineKernel<<<grid, block>>>(input, detections);

Tuning:

kernel_fusion:
  enable_fusion: true
  max_registers_per_thread: 64
  fusion_threshold: 3  # Minimum kernels to fuse

Expected Gain: 30-40% reduction in pipeline latency.

1.4 Occupancy Optimization

Tool: NVIDIA Nsight Compute

ncu --set full --export occupancy_report python benchmark.py

Target Metrics:

• Occupancy: >75%
• Warp Efficiency: >85%
• Memory Bandwidth Utilization: >80%

Tuning Guidelines:

occupancy:
  target_occupancy_percent: 75
  registers_per_thread: 32  # Reduce if occupancy <50%
  shared_memory_per_block: 48KB
  max_blocks_per_sm: 8

2. Stream and Concurrency

2.1 Multi-Stream Processing

Implementation: Overlap computation and data transfer.

# Create CUDA streams for each camera
streams = [cuda.Stream() for _ in range(num_cameras)]

for i, (camera_id, frame) in enumerate(frames):
    stream = streams[i % len(streams)]

    # Async H2D transfer
    d_frame = cuda.to_device_async(frame, stream=stream)

    # Launch kernel on stream
    process_kernel[grid, block, stream](d_frame, d_output)

    # Async D2H transfer
    result = d_output.copy_to_host_async(stream=stream)

Configuration:

cuda_streams:
  num_streams: 10  # One per camera pair
  enable_async_transfers: true
  pinned_memory: true
  stream_priority: 0  # -1 (low) to 0 (high)

Expected Gain: 50-70% improvement in throughput.

2.2 Concurrent Kernel Execution

Enable concurrent kernels on GPUs that support it:

concurrent_execution:
  enabled: true
  max_concurrent_kernels: 4
  kernel_scheduling: "automatic"  # or "manual"

3. Memory Optimizations

3.1 Pinned Memory

Implementation: Use page-locked memory for faster transfers.

# Allocate pinned memory
frame_buffer = cuda.pinned_array((height, width), dtype=np.float32)

# Transfer is 2-3x faster
cuda.memcpy_htod_async(d_frame, frame_buffer, stream=stream)

Configuration:

memory:
  use_pinned_memory: true
  pinned_pool_size_mb: 512
  enable_mempool: true
  mempool_size_mb: 2048

3.2 Texture Memory

Use case: Random access patterns (e.g., camera calibration lookups).

texture<float, 2> calibTexture;

__global__ void calibratedProcessing(float* output) {
    int x = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
    int y = blockIdx.y * blockDim.y + threadIdx.y;

    // Hardware-accelerated interpolation
    float calibValue = tex2D(calibTexture, x, y);
    output[y * width + x] = calibValue;
}

3.3 Zero-Copy Memory

Use for infrequent access:

# Map host memory to device
mapped_array = cuda.mapped_array((height, width), dtype=np.float32)

When to use:

• Access frequency < 5% of kernel time
• Small data structures (< 1MB)
• Coordination between CPU and GPU

4. GPU Configuration Best Practices

4.1 GPU Selection

Query capabilities:

from cuda import Device

device = Device(0)
print(f"Compute Capability: {device.compute_capability}")
print(f"Total Memory: {device.total_memory() / 1e9:.1f} GB")
print(f"Max Threads/Block: {device.max_threads_per_block}")
print(f"Concurrent Kernels: {device.concurrent_kernels}")

Recommended GPUs:

• NVIDIA RTX 4090: 16,384 CUDA cores, 24GB VRAM
• NVIDIA RTX 4080: 9,728 CUDA cores, 16GB VRAM
• NVIDIA A100: 6,912 CUDA cores, 40GB HBM2

4.2 P State and Clock Control

Set maximum performance mode:

# Set persistence mode
sudo nvidia-smi -pm 1

# Lock to max clocks
sudo nvidia-smi -lgc 2100  # Lock GPU clock to 2100 MHz

# Disable ECC (if not critical)
sudo nvidia-smi --ecc-config=0

Configuration:

gpu_power:
  persistence_mode: true
  power_limit_watts: 450  # Maximum for RTX 4090
  clock_lock_mhz: 2100
  mem_clock_mhz: 10501
  ecc_enabled: false

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CPU Optimization

1. Threading and Parallelization

1.1 Multi-Threading Strategy

Framework: Use OpenMP for CPU-intensive tasks.

#pragma omp parallel for num_threads(16) schedule(dynamic, 8)
for (int i = 0; i < num_objects; i++) {
    processObject(objects[i]);
}

Configuration:

cpu_threads:
  num_threads: 16  # or "auto" for physical cores
  affinity: "compact"  # or "scatter"
  schedule: "dynamic"
  chunk_size: 8

1.2 NUMA Awareness

For multi-socket systems:

# Bind process to NUMA node 0
numactl --cpunodebind=0 --membind=0 python main.py

Configuration:

numa:
  enabled: true
  preferred_node: 0
  interleave_memory: false

2. SIMD Vectorization

2.1 Auto-Vectorization

Enable compiler flags:

set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O3 -march=native -ftree-vectorize")

2.2 Explicit SIMD

#include <immintrin.h>

void processBatch(float* data, int n) {
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i += 8) {
        __m256 vec = _mm256_load_ps(&data[i]);
        __m256 result = _mm256_mul_ps(vec, _mm256_set1_ps(2.0f));
        _mm256_store_ps(&data[i], result);
    }
}

Expected Gain: 4-8x for SIMD-friendly operations.

3. Cache Optimization

3.1 Data Locality

// BEFORE: Cache-unfriendly (row-major access of column-major data)
for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++)
    for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++)
        result += matrix[i][j];

// AFTER: Cache-friendly
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++)
    for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++)
        result += matrix[i][j];

3.2 Prefetching

void processArray(float* data, int n) {
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        // Prefetch next iteration
        __builtin_prefetch(&data[i + 64], 0, 3);
        process(data[i]);
    }
}

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Memory Management

1. Memory Allocation Strategy

1.1 Memory Pools

Implementation: Pre-allocate memory pools for frequent allocations.

class MemoryPool:
    def __init__(self, buffer_size_mb=1024, num_buffers=64):
        self.buffers = [
            np.empty(buffer_size_mb * 1024 * 1024 // 4, dtype=np.float32)
            for _ in range(num_buffers)
        ]
        self.available = list(range(num_buffers))

    def allocate(self):
        if not self.available:
            raise MemoryError("Pool exhausted")
        return self.buffers[self.available.pop()]

    def release(self, buffer_idx):
        self.available.append(buffer_idx)

Configuration:

memory_pool:
  enabled: true
  buffer_size_mb: 64
  num_buffers: 128
  growth_factor: 1.5
  max_pool_size_gb: 8

1.2 Ring Buffers

Lock-free implementation for producer-consumer patterns:

template<size_t Size>
class LockFreeRingBuffer {
    alignas(64) std::atomic<uint64_t> write_pos_{0};
    alignas(64) std::atomic<uint64_t> read_pos_{0};
    uint8_t buffer_[Size];

public:
    bool write(const void* data, size_t size);
    bool read(void* data, size_t& size);
};

2. Memory Bandwidth Optimization

2.1 Minimize Transfers

Strategy: Keep data on GPU as long as possible.

# BEFORE: Excessive transfers
for frame in frames:
    d_frame = cuda.to_device(frame)  # H2D
    process_kernel(d_frame, d_output)
    result = d_output.copy_to_host()  # D2H

# AFTER: Batch processing on GPU
d_frames = cuda.to_device(frames)  # Single H2D
process_batch_kernel(d_frames, d_outputs)
results = d_outputs.copy_to_host()  # Single D2H

2.2 Compression

For network transfers:

compression:
  algorithm: "lz4"  # Fast compression (400+ MB/s)
  level: 1  # 1 (fast) to 12 (max compression)
  threshold_kb: 64  # Only compress data > threshold

Expected: 3-5x bandwidth reduction for typical frame data.

3. Memory Hierarchy

Optimization priority:

1. L1/L2 Cache: Keep frequently accessed data small (<= 32KB for L1)
2. Shared Memory: Collaborate between threads (48KB per SM)
3. Texture Cache: Use for 2D spatial locality
4. Global Memory: Coalesced access only

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Network Optimization

1. Protocol Selection

1.1 Transport Protocols

Protocol	Latency	Throughput	Use Case
Shared Memory	0.1 ms	50+ GB/s	Same-node IPC
RDMA	1-2 ms	100 Gb/s	InfiniBand cluster
UDP	5-8 ms	10 Gb/s	Low-latency streaming
TCP	10-15 ms	10 Gb/s	Reliable transfer

Configuration:

network:
  transport: "shared_memory"  # or "rdma", "udp", "tcp"
  fallback: "tcp"

  # UDP settings
  udp:
    port: 8888
    mtu: 9000  # Jumbo frames
    buffer_size_mb: 4

  # TCP settings
  tcp:
    port: 8889
    nodelay: true  # Disable Nagle's algorithm
    quickack: true
    buffer_size_mb: 4

  # RDMA settings
  rdma:
    device: "mlx5_0"
    port: 1
    gid_index: 0
    qp_depth: 128

2. Network Tuning

2.1 System-Level

Linux kernel parameters (/etc/sysctl.conf):

# TCP buffer sizes
net.core.rmem_max = 134217728  # 128 MB
net.core.wmem_max = 134217728
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 67108864
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 65536 67108864

# UDP buffer sizes
net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 5000
net.core.rmem_default = 16777216
net.core.wmem_default = 16777216

# TCP optimization
net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbr
net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen = 3
net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing = 1

# Reduce latency
net.ipv4.tcp_low_latency = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 1

Apply with:

sudo sysctl -p

2.2 NIC Settings

Enable offloading:

# Check current settings
ethtool -k eth0

# Enable offloading
sudo ethtool -K eth0 tso on gso on gro on lro on
sudo ethtool -K eth0 tx-checksum-ipv4 on
sudo ethtool -K eth0 rx-checksum on

# Increase ring buffer
sudo ethtool -G eth0 rx 4096 tx 4096

# Set interrupt coalescing
sudo ethtool -C eth0 adaptive-rx on adaptive-tx on

3. Application-Level

3.1 Batching

Reduce packet overhead by batching messages:

class MessageBatcher:
    def __init__(self, max_batch_size=100, max_delay_ms=5):
        self.batch = []
        self.max_size = max_batch_size
        self.max_delay = max_delay_ms / 1000.0
        self.last_send = time.time()

    def add(self, message):
        self.batch.append(message)

        should_send = (
            len(self.batch) >= self.max_size or
            time.time() - self.last_send >= self.max_delay
        )

        if should_send:
            self.flush()

    def flush(self):
        if self.batch:
            send_batch(self.batch)
            self.batch.clear()
            self.last_send = time.time()

Configuration:

batching:
  enabled: true
  max_batch_size: 100
  max_delay_ms: 5
  adaptive_sizing: true

3.2 Zero-Copy Networking

Use sendfile/splice for large transfers:

import socket

def zero_copy_send(sock, fd, offset, count):
    # Use sendfile for zero-copy
    sock.sendfile(fd, offset, count)

Expected: 30-50% reduction in CPU usage for large transfers.

4. Multicast for Multi-Node

For broadcasting to multiple nodes:

multicast:
  enabled: true
  group: "239.255.0.1"
  port: 8890
  ttl: 32
  loop: false  # Don't receive own messages

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Pipeline Optimization

1. Frame Processing Pipeline

1.1 Pipeline Stages

Optimized pipeline structure:

Capture → Decode → Preprocess → Detect → Track → Fuse → Voxelize → Output
   ↓         ↓         ↓          ↓       ↓       ↓        ↓        ↓
[Camera] [HW Dec] [GPU]     [GPU]   [GPU]   [GPU]  [GPU]  [Network]

Overlap stages using streams:

# Stage 1: Decode (Stream 0)
decode_kernel[grid, block, stream0](compressed, decoded)

# Stage 2: Preprocess (Stream 1) - overlapped with next decode
preprocess_kernel[grid, block, stream1](decoded_prev, preprocessed)

# Stage 3: Detection (Stream 2) - overlapped with preprocess
detect_kernel[grid, block, stream2](preprocessed_prev, detections)

1.2 Frame Dropping Strategy

Adaptive frame dropping under load:

class AdaptiveFrameDropper:
    def __init__(self, target_latency_ms=50):
        self.target_latency = target_latency_ms / 1000.0
        self.drop_probability = 0.0

    def should_drop_frame(self, current_latency):
        # Adjust drop probability based on latency
        if current_latency > self.target_latency:
            self.drop_probability = min(0.5, self.drop_probability + 0.1)
        else:
            self.drop_probability = max(0.0, self.drop_probability - 0.05)

        return random.random() < self.drop_probability

Configuration:

frame_dropping:
  enabled: true
  target_latency_ms: 50
  max_drop_rate: 0.3  # Drop up to 30% of frames
  priority_cameras: [0, 1]  # Never drop from these cameras

2. Load Balancing

2.1 Dynamic Work Distribution

Distribute cameras across GPUs based on load:

class DynamicLoadBalancer:
    def __init__(self, num_gpus):
        self.gpu_loads = [0.0] * num_gpus
        self.camera_assignments = {}

    def assign_camera(self, camera_id):
        # Assign to least loaded GPU
        gpu_id = np.argmin(self.gpu_loads)
        self.camera_assignments[camera_id] = gpu_id
        return gpu_id

    def update_load(self, gpu_id, load):
        # Exponential moving average
        self.gpu_loads[gpu_id] = 0.7 * self.gpu_loads[gpu_id] + 0.3 * load

        # Rebalance if imbalance > 20%
        if max(self.gpu_loads) - min(self.gpu_loads) > 0.2:
            self.rebalance()

Configuration:

load_balancing:
  strategy: "dynamic"  # or "static", "round_robin"
  rebalance_threshold: 0.2
  rebalance_interval_s: 10
  migration_enabled: true  # Move cameras between GPUs

2.2 Work Stealing

For CPU thread pools:

class WorkStealingExecutor:
    def __init__(self, num_workers):
        self.queues = [deque() for _ in range(num_workers)]
        self.workers = [
            threading.Thread(target=self.worker_loop, args=(i,))
            for i in range(num_workers)
        ]

    def worker_loop(self, worker_id):
        my_queue = self.queues[worker_id]

        while self.running:
            # Try local queue first
            task = my_queue.popleft() if my_queue else None

            # Steal from other queues if idle
            if task is None:
                task = self.steal_task(worker_id)

            if task:
                task.execute()

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Adaptive Performance Features

1. Adaptive Quality

1.1 Resolution Scaling

Dynamically adjust resolution based on GPU load:

class AdaptiveQuality:
    def __init__(self, base_resolution=(7680, 4320)):
        self.base_resolution = base_resolution
        self.current_scale = 1.0
        self.target_fps = 30.0

    def update(self, current_fps, gpu_utilization):
        if current_fps < self.target_fps * 0.9:
            # Reduce quality
            self.current_scale = max(0.5, self.current_scale - 0.1)
        elif current_fps > self.target_fps * 1.1 and gpu_utilization < 80:
            # Increase quality
            self.current_scale = min(1.0, self.current_scale + 0.05)

        return tuple(int(d * self.current_scale) for d in self.base_resolution)

Configuration:

adaptive_quality:
  enabled: true
  min_scale: 0.5  # 50% minimum resolution
  max_scale: 1.0
  target_fps: 30
  adjustment_rate: 0.1
  gpu_threshold: 95  # Start reducing quality above 95% utilization

2. Adaptive Resource Allocation

2.1 Dynamic Stream Allocation

Adjust number of streams based on workload:

def adjust_stream_count(current_throughput, target_throughput):
    if current_throughput < target_throughput * 0.8:
        return min(num_streams + 1, max_streams)
    elif current_throughput > target_throughput * 1.2:
        return max(num_streams - 1, min_streams)
    return num_streams

2.2 Priority-Based Scheduling

Prioritize critical cameras:

priority_scheduling:
  enabled: true
  priorities:
    tracking_cameras: 10  # Highest
    verification_cameras: 5
    monitoring_cameras: 1  # Lowest
  preemption_enabled: true

3. Automatic Performance Tuning

3.1 Auto-Tuning

Automatically find optimal parameters:

class AutoTuner:
    def __init__(self, param_ranges):
        self.param_ranges = param_ranges
        self.best_params = {}
        self.best_performance = 0

    def tune(self, benchmark_fn, iterations=100):
        for params in self.generate_configurations():
            performance = benchmark_fn(**params)

            if performance > self.best_performance:
                self.best_performance = performance
                self.best_params = params

        return self.best_params

Configuration:

auto_tuning:
  enabled: false  # Enable with caution
  iterations: 100
  parameters:
    block_size: [128, 256, 512]
    num_streams: [4, 8, 16]
    batch_size: [1, 4, 8]
  metric: "throughput"  # or "latency", "gpu_utilization"

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Profiling and Monitoring

1. Profiling Tools

1.1 NVIDIA Nsight Systems

Profile entire application:

# Capture trace
nsys profile -o trace python main.py

# View in GUI
nsys-ui trace.nsys-rep

Key metrics to check:

• CUDA kernel execution time
• Memory transfer time
• CPU-GPU synchronization
• Stream utilization

1.2 NVIDIA Nsight Compute

Profile specific kernels:

# Profile kernel
ncu --set full --export kernel_report \
    --kernel-name detectSmallObjects \
    python main.py

# Check metrics
ncu -i kernel_report.ncu-rep --page details

Metrics:

• Occupancy
• Memory bandwidth utilization
• Compute throughput (FLOPS)
• Warp efficiency

1.3 Python Profiling

cProfile for CPU hotspots:

import cProfile
import pstats

profiler = cProfile.Profile()
profiler.enable()

# Run application
main()

profiler.disable()
stats = pstats.Stats(profiler)
stats.sort_stats('cumulative')
stats.print_stats(20)

line_profiler for line-by-line:

from line_profiler import LineProfiler

profiler = LineProfiler()
profiler.add_function(process_frame)
profiler.run('main()')
profiler.print_stats()

2. Real-Time Monitoring

2.1 Performance Dashboard

Monitor key metrics at 10Hz:

from src.monitoring.system_monitor import SystemMonitor

monitor = SystemMonitor(update_rate_hz=10.0)
monitor.start()

# Get current metrics
metrics = monitor.get_current_metrics()
print(f"GPU Util: {metrics.gpus[0].utilization}%")
print(f"FPS: {metrics.system_fps}")
print(f"Latency: {metrics.pipeline_latency_ms}ms")

2.2 Alerting

Configure alerts for performance degradation:

alerts:
  enabled: true

  # FPS alert
  fps:
    warning_threshold: 25
    critical_threshold: 20

  # Latency alert
  latency_ms:
    warning_threshold: 60
    critical_threshold: 80

  # GPU utilization
  gpu_utilization:
    warning_threshold: 98
    critical_threshold: 100

  # Actions
  actions:
    - type: "log"
    - type: "email"
      recipients: ["ops@example.com"]
    - type: "webhook"
      url: "https://monitoring.example.com/alert"

3. Performance Regression Testing

Continuous benchmarking:

# Run benchmark suite
python tests/benchmarks/benchmark_suite.py

# Compare with baseline
python tests/benchmarks/compare_results.py \
    --baseline baseline.json \
    --current results.json \
    --threshold 0.1  # 10% regression tolerance

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Configuration Reference

Complete Configuration Template

# config/performance.yaml

system:
  name: "PixelToVoxelProjector"
  version: "2.0"
  target_fps: 30
  max_latency_ms: 50

gpu:
  device_id: 0

  cuda:
    block_size: [16, 16]
    threads_per_block: 256
    shared_memory_kb: 48
    registers_per_thread: 32

  streams:
    num_streams: 10
    enable_async: true
    priority: 0

  memory:
    use_pinned: true
    pinned_pool_mb: 512
    mempool_mb: 2048

  power:
    persistence_mode: true
    power_limit_w: 450
    clock_lock_mhz: 2100

cpu:
  threads:
    num_threads: 16
    affinity: "compact"
    schedule: "dynamic"

  numa:
    enabled: false
    preferred_node: 0

memory:
  pool:
    enabled: true
    buffer_size_mb: 64
    num_buffers: 128

  ring_buffer:
    capacity: 64
    frame_shape: [4320, 7680, 1]

network:
  transport: "shared_memory"

  compression:
    algorithm: "lz4"
    level: 1
    threshold_kb: 64

  batching:
    enabled: true
    max_batch_size: 100
    max_delay_ms: 5

pipeline:
  frame_dropping:
    enabled: true
    target_latency_ms: 50
    max_drop_rate: 0.3

  load_balancing:
    strategy: "dynamic"
    rebalance_threshold: 0.2

adaptive:
  quality:
    enabled: true
    min_scale: 0.5
    target_fps: 30

  resources:
    enabled: true
    min_streams: 4
    max_streams: 16

monitoring:
  enabled: true
  update_rate_hz: 10
  history_size: 300

profiling:
  enabled: false  # Only for development
  output_dir: "/tmp/profiling"

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Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. Low GPU Utilization (<60%)

Symptoms:

• GPU utilization <60%
• Low throughput

Solutions:

1. Increase number of streams
2. Use larger batch sizes
3. Check for CPU bottlenecks
4. Reduce CPU-GPU synchronization

Debug:

# Profile with Nsight Systems
nsys profile -o trace.qdrep python main.py

# Check for gaps between kernels
# Look for excessive cudaDeviceSynchronize()

2. High Latency (>80ms)

Symptoms:

• End-to-end latency >80ms
• Frame drops

Solutions:

1. Enable adaptive quality
2. Increase stream priority
3. Reduce batch sizes
4. Check network latency

Debug:

# Add timing instrumentation
start = time.perf_counter()
process_frame(frame)
latency = (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
print(f"Latency: {latency:.2f}ms")

3. Memory Errors

Symptoms:

• CUDA out of memory errors
• System OOM killer

Solutions:

1. Reduce resolution scale
2. Decrease batch size
3. Enable memory pooling
4. Clear GPU memory caches

Debug:

import nvidia_smi
nvidia_smi.nvmlInit()
handle = nvidia_smi.nvmlDeviceGetHandleByIndex(0)
info = nvidia_smi.nvmlDeviceGetMemoryInfo(handle)

print(f"Used: {info.used / 1e9:.2f} GB")
print(f"Free: {info.free / 1e9:.2f} GB")

4. Network Bottleneck

Symptoms:

• Network latency >15ms
• High packet loss

Solutions:

1. Enable jumbo frames (MTU 9000)
2. Use RDMA if available
3. Increase network buffers
4. Check for network congestion

Debug:

# Check network stats
iperf3 -c server_ip -t 30

# Monitor interface
ifstat -i eth0 1

# Check drops
netstat -s | grep -i drop

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Performance Checklist

Pre-Deployment

• GPU persistence mode enabled
• GPU clocks locked to maximum
• Pinned memory enabled
• CUDA streams configured
• Network buffers increased
• TCP optimization applied
• System monitoring enabled
• Baseline benchmarks established

Optimization Priority

1. Critical (Do first):

   • Enable CUDA streams
   • Use pinned memory
   • Optimize kernel block sizes
   • Enable network optimizations

2. High Impact:

   • Implement kernel fusion
   • Enable memory pooling
   • Configure load balancing
   • Implement adaptive quality

3. Medium Impact:

   • Tune occupancy
   • Optimize cache usage
   • Enable batching
   • Configure frame dropping

4. Low Impact (Fine-tuning):

   • SIMD vectorization
   • NUMA optimization
   • Auto-tuning
   • Advanced profiling

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References

Documentation

• CUDA C++ Programming Guide
• CUDA Best Practices Guide
• Nsight Systems Documentation
• Linux Network Tuning

Tools

• NVIDIA Nsight Systems: System-wide profiling
• NVIDIA Nsight Compute: Kernel-level profiling
• NVIDIA Visual Profiler: Legacy profiler
• perf: Linux performance analysis
• iperf3: Network throughput testing

Support

• GitHub Issues: github.com/yourrepo/issues
• Documentation: docs.example.com
• Email: support@example.com

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Appendix

A. Hardware Requirements

Minimum:

• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3080 (10GB VRAM)
• CPU: 16-core (32 threads)
• RAM: 32GB DDR4
• Network: 10 GbE
• Storage: NVMe SSD

Recommended:

• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB VRAM)
• CPU: AMD Threadripper / Intel Xeon (32+ cores)
• RAM: 128GB DDR5
• Network: 100 GbE or InfiniBand
• Storage: NVMe RAID

B. Software Requirements

• CUDA: 12.0+
• cuDNN: 8.9+
• Python: 3.10+
• PyTorch: 2.0+ (optional)
• Linux Kernel: 5.15+ (for network optimizations)

C. Benchmark Results

See /docs/PERFORMANCE_REPORT.md for detailed before/after metrics.

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Last Updated: 2025-11-13 Authors: Performance Engineering Team Version: 2.0.0