Summary of Lion Cub: Minimizing Communication Overhead in Distributed Lion, by Satoki Ishikawa et al.
Lion Cub: Minimizing Communication Overhead in Distributed Lion
by Satoki Ishikawa, Tal Ben-Nun, Brian Van Essen, Rio Yokota, Nikoli Dryden
First submitted to arxiv on: 25 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel approach to distributed deep learning is proposed, addressing the growing challenge of communication overhead on slower Ethernet interconnects. The Lion optimizer, with its sign operation output, lends itself well to straightforward quantization. However, simply compressing updates and using techniques like majority voting do not result in end-to-end speedups due to inefficient algorithms and reduced convergence. To overcome these limitations, three critical factors are analyzed: optimized communication methods, effective quantization techniques, and momentum synchronization. The study finds that adapting quantization methods to Lion and selective momentum synchronization can significantly reduce communication costs while maintaining convergence. The results demonstrate the potential of Lion Cub, which enables up-to-5x speedups in end-to-end training compared to Lion. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Distributed deep learning is a way to train AI models using many computers at once. But it’s hard because we need to share information between these computers quickly and efficiently. The paper introduces the Lion optimizer, which can be easily compressed for faster sharing. However, just compressing the information isn’t enough – we also need good communication algorithms and synchronization methods. By analyzing three key factors, the study shows that using adapted compression and selective synchronization can speed up training by up to 5 times. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Quantization
