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H100 Transformer Engine implementation

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Description

Hello!
As I asked on the Discord, here is the issue on implementing NVIDIA's Transformer Engine with compute capability 9 (H100 GPU).

I would really love to see and help with implementing that!
Thank you very much 😊

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. It requests NVIDIA Transformer Engine support for compute capability 9 on H100 GPUs, so the implementation scope and completion criteria need to be established with maintainers before work starts.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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