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set transformer_engine=true in gpt3/mcore base config#305
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set transformer_engine=true in gpt3/mcore base config#305erhoo82 wants to merge 2 commits intoNVIDIA:mainfrom
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@erhoo82 could you please change TE here as well?
https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Framework-Launcher/blob/main/auto_configurator/tests/base_configs_tests/test_base_configs.py#L5
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mcore_gpt=true,transformer_engine=trueshould be the default value for performance regardless.transformer_engine=trueuses Transformer Engine modules in a Mcore/TransformerLayer, and this is the requirement for using fp8 training.