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+//Patric Zhao:  patric.zhao@gmail.com
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <CL/sycl.hpp>
+
+#define random_float() (rand() / double(RAND_MAX))
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace sycl;
+
+// return execution time
+double gpu_kernel(float *A, float *B, float *C, int M, int N, int K, int block_size, sycl::queue &q) {
+
+  // define the workgroup size and mapping
+  auto grid_rows = (M + block_size - 1) / block_size * block_size;
+  auto grid_cols = (N + block_size - 1) / block_size * block_size;
+  auto local_ndrange  = range<2>(block_size, block_size);
+  auto global_ndrange = range<2>(grid_rows, grid_cols);
+
+  double duration = 0.0f;
+  auto e = q.submit([&](sycl::handler &h) {
+      h.parallel_for<class k_name_t>(
+          sycl::nd_range<2>(global_ndrange, local_ndrange), [=](sycl::nd_item<2> index) {
+
+              int row = index.get_global_id(0);
+              int col = index.get_global_id(1);
+
+              float sum = 0.0f;
+
+              for (int i = 0; i < K; i++) {
+                sum += A[row * K + i] * B[i * N  + col];
+              }
+              C[row * N + col] = sum;
+          });
+    });
+    e.wait();
+
+    duration += (e.get_profiling_info<info::event_profiling::command_end>() -
+    e.get_profiling_info<info::event_profiling::command_start>()) /1000.0f/1000.0f;
+
+    return(duration);
+}
+
+// return execution time
+double cpu_kernel(float *cA, float *cB, float *cC, int M, int N, int K) {
+    
+    double duration = 0.0;
+    std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point s, e;
+
+    // Single Thread Computation in CPU 
+    s = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+    for(int i = 0; i < M; i++) {
+        for(int j = 0; j < N; j++) {
+            float sum = 0.0f;
+            for(int k = 0; k < K; k++) {
+                sum +=  cA[i * K + k] * cB[k * N  + j];
+            }
+            cC[i * N + j] = sum;
+        }
+    }
+    e = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+    duration = std::chrono::duration<float, std::milli>(e - s).count();
+
+    return(duration);
+}
+
+int verify(float *cpu_res, float *gpu_res, int length){
+    int err = 0;
+    for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+       if( fabs(cpu_res[i] - gpu_res[i]) > 1e-3) {
+          err++;
+          printf("\n%lf, %lf", cpu_res[i], gpu_res[i]);
+       } 
+    }
+    return(err);
+}
+
+int gemm(const int M, 
+         const int N, 
+         const int K, 
+         const int block_size,
+         const int iterations, 
+         sycl::queue &q) {
+
+  cout << "Problem size: c(" << M << "," <<  N << ") ="
+       << " a(" << M << "," << K << ") *" 
+       << " b(" << K << "," << N << ")\n";
+
+  auto A = malloc_shared<float>(M * K, q);
+  auto B = malloc_shared<float>(K * N, q);
+  auto C = malloc_shared<float>(M * N, q);
+  auto C_host = malloc_host<float>(M * N, q);
+
+  // init the A/B/C
+  for(int i=0; i < M * K; i++) {
+      A[i] = random_float();
+  }
+
+  for(int i=0; i < K * N; i++) {
+      B[i] = random_float();
+  }
+
+  for(int i=0; i < M * N; i++) {
+      C[i] = 0.0f;
+      C_host[i] = 0.0f;
+  }
+
+  double flopsPerMatrixMul
+      = 2.0 * static_cast<double>(M) * static_cast<double>(N) * static_cast<double>(K);
+
+  double duration_gpu = 0.0f;
+  double duration_cpu = 0.0f;
+
+  // GPU compuation and timer 
+  int warmup = 10;
+  for (int run = 0; run < iterations + warmup; run++) {
+    float duration = gpu_kernel(A, B, C, M, N, K, block_size, q);
+    if(run >= warmup) duration_gpu += duration;
+  }
+  duration_gpu = duration_gpu / iterations;
+
+  // CPU compuation and timer 
+  warmup = 2;
+  for(int run = 0; run < iterations/2 + warmup; run++) {
+      float duration = cpu_kernel(A, B, C_host, M, N, K);
+      if(run >= warmup) duration_cpu += duration;
+  }
+  duration_cpu = duration_cpu / iterations/2;
+
+  // Compare the resutls of CPU and GPU 
+  int errCode = 0;
+  errCode = verify(C_host, C, M*N);
+  if(errCode > 0) printf("\nThere are %d errors\n", errCode);
+
+  printf("\nPerformance Flops = %lf, \n" 
+          "GPU Computation Time = %lf (ms); \n"
+          "CPU Computaiton Time = %lf (ms); \n", 
+          flopsPerMatrixMul, duration_gpu, duration_cpu);
+
+  free(A, q);
+  free(B, q);
+  free(C, q);
+  free(C_host, q);
+
+  return(errCode);
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+  auto propList = cl::sycl::property_list {cl::sycl::property::queue::enable_profiling()};
+  queue my_gpu_queue( cl::sycl::gpu_selector{} , propList);
+
+  int errCode = gemm(1024, 1024, 1024, 4, 10, my_gpu_queue);
+
+  return(errCode);
+}