Source code for lightning.pytorch.plugins.precision.transformer_engine

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from lightning.fabric.plugins.precision.transformer_engine import TransformerEnginePrecision as FabricTEPrecision
from lightning.pytorch.plugins.precision.precision import Precision


[docs]class TransformerEnginePrecision(Precision, FabricTEPrecision):
    """Plugin for training with fp8 precision via nvidia's
    `Transformer Engine <https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/transformer-engine>`__.

    .. warning::  This is an :ref:`experimental <versioning:Experimental API>` feature.

    Args:
        dtype: The weights dtype to use.
        recipe: Recipe for the DelayedScaling
            `configuration <https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/transformer-engine/user-guide/api/common.html#transformer_engine.common.recipe.DelayedScaling>`__.
            In dict format or the dataclass format.
        replace_layers: Whether to replace ``Linear`` and ``LayerNorm`` layers automatically with their Transformer
            Engine alternatives. Note that they don't subclass the torch equivalents so checks like
            ``isinstance(l, torch.nn.Linear)`` will not pass.

    .. note::

        Support for FP8 in the linear layers with this plugin is currently limited to tensors
        with shapes where the dimensions are divisible by 8 and 16 respectively. You might want to add padding to your
        inputs to conform to this restriction.

    """