hipvs-ann

name	hipvs-ann
description	Selects, builds, benchmarks, and validates hipVS ANN indexes and query paths for ROCm-DS workloads.

Purpose

Choose the correct hipVS path for vector search workloads and validate that the selected ANN method is appropriate for the data, constraints, and hardware.

When to use

• Build or tune ANN/vector-search workflows on ROCm-DS
• Compare brute force, HNSW, IVF-Flat, IVF-PQ, CAGRA, or NN-Descent
• Validate query latency, throughput, and recall tradeoffs
• Design a GPU-native retrieval subsystem

When not to use

• The workload is ordinary tabular ETL with no vector retrieval requirement
• The target GPU is outside supported or realistically testable configurations and no experimental mode is explicitly allowed
• There is no benchmark dataset or success criterion

Required inputs

• Repository path
• Dataset shape and vector dimensionality
• Distance metric
• Recall / latency / throughput targets
• GPU and ROCm environment facts
• Whether source builds are allowed

Procedure

1. Check compatibility assumptions first.
2. Classify the workload:
   • exact k-NN
   • high-recall ANN
   • memory-constrained ANN
   • high-throughput batch query
3. Pick candidate index families.
4. Build the minimal reproducible benchmark.
5. Compare build time, memory use, query latency, and recall.
6. Recommend the least-complex path that satisfies the target.
7. Document unsupported assumptions and fallback options.

Deliverables

• Recommended index type and rationale
• Build and runtime notes
• Benchmark summary
• Validation evidence
• Risks and fallback path