deepspeedai / deepspeedai/DeepSpeed

Adding support for custom operator

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Description

I am not entirely sure whether this has been implemented. However, it is very often the case that one might want to speed up the training by adding some custom operator written in CUDA.

Is this currently supported? If so, is there such an example?

Please let me know.

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The issue does not name any files, tests, or entry points. Start by checking DeepSpeed's existing documentation and examples for custom operators and CUDA extensions, then determine whether support already exists; done would be a documented answer with a working example or a clearly scoped implementation plan.

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Assessment

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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