apache / apache/singa

can sparse all-reduce keep efficiency with large number of gpu workers?

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Description

in my opinion, when the gpu cluster scaled up to several hundred workers, high sparsification ratios still generate significant communication overheads, which even worst than DenseAllReduce.

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No files, tests, or entry points are named. First locate the sparse all-reduce and DenseAllReduce implementations and any GPU-worker benchmarks, then compare communication overhead as the worker count reaches several hundred and document whether sparse all-reduce remains more efficient.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
distributed-systems, machine-learning, performance
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
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20/100

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