extend the convert operator for int8 quantization

src/include/migraphx/op/convert.hpp

@@ -38,7 +38,16 @@ struct convert : unary<convert>
 
     auto apply() const
     {
-        return [&](auto x) { return scale * x + shift; };
+        return [&](auto x) {
+            float res = scale * x + shift;
+            if (target_type == shape::int8_type)
+            {
+                res = res > 127.0 ? 127.0 : res;
+                res = res < -128.0 ? -128.0 : res;
+            }
+
+            return res;
+        };
     }
 
     convert(shape::type_t t) : target_type{t} {}

src/targets/gpu/convert.cpp

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ shape hip_convert::compute_shape(std::vector<shape> inputs) const
 
 argument hip_convert::compute(context& ctx, const shape&, const std::vector<argument>& args) const
 {
-    device::convert(ctx.get_stream().get(), args[1], args[0], op.scale, op.shift);
+    device::convert(ctx.get_stream().get(), args[1], args[0], op.scale, op.shift, op.target_type);
     return args[1];
 }
 

src/targets/gpu/device/convert.cpp

@@ -6,15 +6,30 @@ inline namespace MIGRAPHX_INLINE_NS {
 namespace gpu {
 namespace device {
 
-void convert(
-    hipStream_t stream, const argument& result, const argument& arg, float scale, float shift)
+void convert(hipStream_t stream,
+             const argument& result,
+             const argument& arg,
+             float scale,
+             float shift,
+             shape::type_t target_type)
 {
     result.visit([&](auto output) {
         arg.visit([&](auto input) {
             const auto* input_ptr = device_cast(input.data());
             auto* output_ptr      = device_cast(output.data());
+            if(target_type == shape::int8_type)
+            {
+                gs_launch(stream, result.get_shape().elements())(
+                    [=](auto i) {
+                        output_ptr[i] = std::min<int8_t>(std::max<float>(-128, input_ptr[i]
+                        * scale + shift), 127);
+                    });
+            }
+            else
+            {
                 gs_launch(stream, result.get_shape().elements())(
                     [=](auto i) { output_ptr[i] = input_ptr[i] * scale + shift; });
+            }
         });
     });
 }

src/targets/gpu/include/migraphx/gpu/device/convert.hpp

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace gpu {
 namespace device {
 
 void convert(
-    hipStream_t stream, const argument& result, const argument& arg, float scale, float shift);
+    hipStream_t stream, const argument& result, const argument& arg, float scale, float shift, shape::type_t target_type);
 
 } // namespace device
 } // namespace gpu