deepspeedai / deepspeedai/DeepSpeed
[REQUEST] Will deepspeed inference support pipeline parallelism in the future?
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- Python
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Description
Currently only tensor parallelism is supported.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. Begin by locating the inference implementation that currently supports tensor parallelism and determine the scope of pipeline parallelism; done would require an agreed design and working inference support with coverage for the new behavior.
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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
- 20/100