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Add BMUF Multi-GPU Training Method

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Description

## 🚀 Feature

### Motivation

Implements incremental block distributed data parallelism similar to https: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7472805.
This can mitigate the performance loss caused by multi-card training.

### Pitch
This can be found in the [Fairseq implementation](https://github.com/facebookresearch/fairseq/blob/b5a039c292facba9c73f59ff34621ec131d82341/fairseq/optim/bmuf.py).

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked Fairseq implementation at fairseq/optim/bmuf.py and the surrounding PyTorch Lightning training and distributed-training entry points. Determine how BMUF should integrate with the existing multi-GPU workflow and what tests cover distributed optimization. Done means BMUF training is supported with documented behavior and passing coverage for the new method.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python, pytorch
Domain
distributed-systems, machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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