Performance: optimize sparse mel filterbank matmul#12
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The mel filterbank matrix is ~98.5% sparse. Iterating over all frequency bins for every mel band results in unnecessary zero multiplications. This change: 1. Precomputes the start and end indices of non-zero elements for each mel band in the `MelSpectrogram` constructor. 2. Updates `computeRawMel` to iterate only over the non-zero range. Performance impact: - 5s audio processing time reduced from ~70ms to ~21ms (~3.3x speedup). - Verified with `node bench.mjs` and existing tests.
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| this._fbEnd = new Int32Array(this.nMels); | ||
| for (let m = 0; m < this.nMels; m++) { | ||
| let start = 0; | ||
| let end = this.nFreqBins; |
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SUGGESTION: The default value for end is this.nFreqBins, which means if a mel row were entirely zero (no non-zero element found in the second loop), the full range [0, nFreqBins) would be iterated — a safe conservative fallback. However, the comment above only documents the first loop's default. Consider adding a brief comment on the end default for symmetry and clarity:
| let end = this.nFreqBins; | |
| let end = this.nFreqBins; // default: full range (safe fallback if row is all-zero) |
| let melVal = 0; | ||
| const fbOff = m * nFreqBins; | ||
| for (let k = 0; k < nFreqBins; k++) melVal += powerBuf[k] * fb[fbOff + k]; | ||
| // Optimization: only iterate over non-zero filterbank elements |
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SUGGESTION: The optimization comment is accurate, but consider also noting that correctness relies on the filterbank having contiguous non-zero support per row (triangular filters). If a non-standard filterbank with non-contiguous non-zero elements were ever used, this sparse-range approach would silently skip interior zeros that happen to be zero but are surrounded by non-zeros — though for the Slaney triangular filterbank this is guaranteed safe. A one-line note would help future maintainers:
| // Optimization: only iterate over non-zero filterbank elements | |
| // Optimization: only iterate over non-zero filterbank elements (valid for contiguous triangular filters) |
Code Review SummaryStatus: 2 Suggestions Found | Recommendation: Merge (no blocking issues) Overview
What ChangedThis PR precomputes per-mel-bin non-zero range indices ( Risk assessment: Low. The optimization is mathematically equivalent to the dense loop for the Slaney triangular filterbank (which has contiguous non-zero support per row). The existing ONNX cross-validation test in Issue Details (click to expand)SUGGESTION
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Implemented sparse matrix multiplication for the Mel filterbank step in
MelSpectrogram.Precomputed non-zero start/end indices in the constructor to skip ~98.5% of iterations in the inner loop of
computeRawMel.This results in a ~3.3x speedup for the overall processing pipeline.
PR created automatically by Jules for task 16386929457820672 started by @ysdede