AKP Anthropic Kernel Path

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All paths under /workspace/anthropic-kernel-path/. Spine: README.md. Sourced 2026-08-18.

Root

FileWhat it is for
README.mdSpine: jobs (incl. TPU Kernel Engineer), Hume take-home, three platforms, sampling postmortem, 5-layer map, operating rule
INDEX.mdThis file

00-the-job/

FileWhat it is for
hiring.mdHow they hire: two gates, loop, TPU Kernel req, postmortem, RSP v3.4, 2026 constitution, FA3, CS149 / 10-714, email door
what-kernel-means.mdThree meanings of "kernel" (accelerator / model / OS-compiler transfer)
roadmap.mdTrack A/B/C hours, P0–P5 exit criteria, apply-gate

01-prior-art/

FileWhat it is for
must-read.mdShort MUST/SHOULD/BG stack for interview week
corpus.mdFull verified corpus: alignment, system cards, interp, serving, RSP, jobs table, kernel canon, courses, grill, honesty notes

02-foundations/

FileWhat it is for
curriculum.mdMath + CS foundations (modules 1–8), CS149 / 10-714 / CS336, two tracks, hour roll-up

03-kernels/

FileWhat it is for
curriculum.mdSequenced GPU curriculum L0–L5 (CUDA/Triton/CUTLASS/FA/NCCL), 20 repos, level-up bars

04-llm-theory/

FileWhat it is for
high-to-low.mdTeaching spine L5→L0 (short)
curriculum.mdFull high-to-low curriculum A–H with labs and whiteboard questions

05-interview/

FileWhat it is for
drills.mdTimed implementation / whiteboard / design / culture drills
full-prep.mdLoop map, 12h OS variant, Karpathy-first 30 days, artifacts, compute/mentors, red flags. If it disagrees with 06-days/first-30-days.md, prefer first-30-days.

06-days/

FileWhat it is for
operating-system.md12h × 6 day template (the clock months 2–18 use)
first-30-days.mdMonth 1, day-by-day (CSAPP + take-home + metal). Canonical start.
month-02.mdCSAPP finish, LA, PMPP/CUDA, FA through algorithm, take-home < 3k
month-03.mdFA1 in Triton, Hopper intro, tiny GPT trains, CAI from memory, take-home < 2k
month-04.mdFA2/decode, toy pager, Megatron TP costed, weekly KV numbers
month-05.mdFA3 + Hopper, FP8/MX, collectives, DeepSeek-V3 systems, weekly designs
month-06.mdOrca/Sarathi/DistServe, prompt cache, postmortem ×2, RSP+constitution, Why Anthropic, 1487-path, public artifact
months-07-18.mdP2–P5 phases, monthly artifacts, apply-gate

Scratch (not curriculum)

_raw_*.md — executor dumps. Ignore unless you are debugging the write.

How to read this path

  1. README.md + 00-the-job/what-kernel-means.md + hiring.md
  2. 06-days/operating-system.md + first-30-days.md
  3. Months 2–6 in order, citing the three curricula instead of collecting PDFs
  4. 01-prior-art/corpus.md as the reading list; must-read.md the week before a loop
  5. months-07-18.md + roadmap.md apply-gate