deepspeedai / deepspeedai/DeepSpeed

[REQUEST] integrate powersgd to deepspeed

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
yes. when the network bandwidth is limited, powersgd could be helpful

Describe the solution you'd like
some configuration to specify to enable PowerSGD when zero is larger than 0.

Describe alternatives you've considered
no.

Additional context

powersgd paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.13727
used by openai's work of Dalle: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.12092

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reading DeepSpeed's ZeRO configuration and the linked PowerSGD paper, then determine the integration points and configuration shape. Done means PowerSGD can be enabled through configuration for ZeRO when network bandwidth is limited.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
distributed-systems, machine-learning, performance
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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