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Use a separate communicator for DP AMAX reduction #6022

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What does this PR do ?

  • Feed a separate communicator to TE for a data-parallel AMAX reduction
  • This enables overlapping AMAX reduction and other DP-communications e.g., gradient reduction and parameter gathering

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@erhoo82 erhoo82 force-pushed the slym/amax_red_communicator branch 3 times, most recently from a926fa0 to b8ddcd4 Compare February 14, 2023 23:50
@erhoo82 erhoo82 changed the title Draft: Use a separate communicator for DP AMAX reduction Use a separate communicator for DP AMAX reduction Feb 14, 2023
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LGTM. Thanks!

@ericharper ericharper merged commit 61f566b into main Mar 14, 2023
@ericharper ericharper deleted the slym/amax_red_communicator branch March 14, 2023 15:42
titu1994 pushed a commit to titu1994/NeMo that referenced this pull request Mar 24, 2023
* use a separate communicator for amax reduction

* use amax reduction group when training in fp8

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Co-authored-by: slym <[email protected]>
hsiehjackson pushed a commit to hsiehjackson/NeMo that referenced this pull request Jun 2, 2023
* use a separate communicator for amax reduction

* use amax reduction group when training in fp8

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Co-authored-by: slym <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: hsiehjackson <[email protected]>
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