The Zero Redundancy Optimizer (ZeRO): A Definitive Technical Report on Memory-Efficient, Large-Scale Distributed Training

Section 1: Executive Summary The Zero Redundancy Optimizer (ZeRO) represents a paradigm-shifting technology from Microsoft Research, engineered to dismantle the memory bottlenecks that have historically constrained large-scale distributed training of Read More …

Report on PyTorch Fully Sharded Data Parallel (FSDP): Architecture, Performance, and Practice

Executive Summary The exponential growth in the size of deep learning models has precipitated a significant challenge in high-performance computing: the “memory wall.” Traditional distributed training methods, particularly Distributed Data Read More …