├── pytest.ini ├── config ├── task │ ├── nanogpt_speedrun │ │ ├── _group_.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_1.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_10.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_11.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_12.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_13.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_14.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_15.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_16.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_17.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_18.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_19.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_2.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_20.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_7.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_8.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_9.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_3.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_4.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_5.yaml │ │ ├── speedrun_record_6.yaml │ │ └── default_config.yaml │ └── collatz.yaml ├── model │ ├── gemini_2_5.yaml │ ├── claude_4_sonnet.yaml │ ├── claude_3_5_sonnet.yaml │ ├── claude_3_7_sonnet.yaml │ ├── deepseek_r1.yaml │ ├── gpt_4o.yaml │ ├── o3_mini.yaml │ ├── o1_preview.yaml │ └── r1_32b.yaml ├── secrets │ └── default.template.yaml ├── ideator │ ├── dummy.yaml │ └── base.yaml ├── science_runner │ ├── aide.yaml │ └── bon.yaml ├── coder │ ├── base.yaml │ └── aider.yaml └── default.yaml ├── data └── nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels │ ├── record_6 │ ├── level_0_diff.txt │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_5 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ ├── level_2_description.txt │ └── level_0_diff.txt │ ├── record_8 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_10 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_9 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_4 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_12 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_16 │ ├── level_2_description.txt │ └── level_1_pseudo.txt │ ├── record_15 │ ├── level_2_description.txt │ └── level_1_pseudo.txt │ ├── record_1 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_14 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_11 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_19 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_20 │ ├── level_2_description.txt │ └── level_1_pseudo.txt │ ├── record_7 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_17 │ ├── level_2_description.txt │ └── level_1_pseudo.txt │ ├── record_13 │ ├── level_2_description.txt │ └── level_1_pseudo.txt │ ├── record_2 │ ├── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── level_2_description.txt │ ├── record_3 │ ├── level_2_description.txt │ └── level_1_pseudo.txt │ └── record_18 │ ├── level_2_description.txt │ └── level_1_pseudo.txt ├── conda_envs ├── .gitattributes ├── speedrunner-19-21.tar.gz ├── speedrunner-12-18 │ ├── environment-12-18.yml │ └── pip_requirements-12-18.txt └── speedrunner-1-11 │ ├── pip_requirements-1-11.txt │ └── environment-1-11.yml ├── assets ├── benchmark-overview.png └── speedrunner-overview.png ├── __init__.py ├── analysis └── __init__.py ├── core ├── __init__.py ├── coders │ ├── __init__.py │ └── base.py ├── ideators │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── dummy_ideator.py │ └── base.py ├── prompts │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── analysis_prompts.py │ ├── ideator_prompts.py │ └── coder_prompts.py ├── runners │ └── __init__.py ├── types.py ├── validators.py ├── agent.py └── knowledge.py ├── tests ├── __init__.py └── test_metrics_utils.py ├── utils ├── __init__.py ├── str_utils.py ├── fs_utils.py └── metrics_utils.py ├── workspace_templates ├── nanogpt_speedrun │ ├── record_6 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_7 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_2 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_3 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_4 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_5 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_1 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_10 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_11 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_12 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_13 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_14 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_15 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_16 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_17 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_18 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_19 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_20 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_21 │ │ └── results.json │ ├── record_8 │ │ └── results.json │ └── record_9 │ │ └── results.json └── collatz │ ├── results.json │ └── collatz.py ├── .gitignore ├── CONTRIBUTING.md ├── serve_vllm.py ├── launch_scientist.py ├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md └── launchers └── launch_slurm.py /pytest.ini: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | [pytest] 2 | pythonpath = . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/_group_.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | _group_: true -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_6/level_0_diff.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /conda_envs/.gitattributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | speedrunner-19-21.tar.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text 2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/gemini_2_5.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: gemini-2.5-pro 4 | model_url: "dummy_url" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /assets/benchmark-overview.png: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/facebookresearch/llm-speedrunner/HEAD/assets/benchmark-overview.png -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /assets/speedrunner-overview.png: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/facebookresearch/llm-speedrunner/HEAD/assets/speedrunner-overview.png -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/claude_4_sonnet.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: openai/claude-4-sonnet 4 | model_url: "http://localhost:8000/v1" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/claude_3_5_sonnet.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: openai/claude-3.5-sonnet 4 | model_url: "http://localhost:8000/v1" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/claude_3_7_sonnet.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: openai/claude-3.7-sonnet 4 | model_url: "http://localhost:8000/v1" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/deepseek_r1.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: "deepseek-r1" 4 | model_url: "http://submit-0.fair-aws-h200-1.hpcaas:19743/v1/" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/gpt_4o.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: gpt-4o 4 | model_url: "https://azure-services-fair-openai1-northcentralus.azure-api.net" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/secrets/default.template.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | secrets: 4 | AZURE_API_KEY: 5 | AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY: 6 | GEMINI_API_KEY: 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/o3_mini.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: o3-mini 4 | model_url: "https://azure-services-fair-openai2-northcentralus.azure-api.net" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/o1_preview.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: o1-preview 4 | model_url: "https://azure-services-fair-openai1-southcentralusn2.azure-api.net" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/ideator/dummy.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - base 5 | 6 | ideator_args: 7 | _target_: core.ideators.dummy_ideator.DummyIdeator 8 | 9 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/model/r1_32b.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | model_name: "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B" 4 | model_url: "http://${node_id}.fair-aws-h100-2.hpcaas:8000/v1" 5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /conda_envs/speedrunner-19-21.tar.gz: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 2 | oid sha256:de92761c5f917905d3fdeeed17ce70fbfc4d54c316b2ce9d22fd1331278bb622 3 | size 5026575451 4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /analysis/__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/science_runner/aide.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - bon 5 | 6 | science_runner_args: 7 | n_initial_hypotheses: 5 8 | n_hypotheses: 1 9 | debug_prob: 0.5 10 | max_bug_depth: 3 11 | max_n_nodes: 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /tests/__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /utils/__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/coders/__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/ideators/__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/prompts/__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/runners/__init__.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_1.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_1 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_10.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_10 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_11.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_11 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_12.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_12 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_13.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_13 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_14.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_14 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_15.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_15 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_16.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_16 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_17.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_17 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_18.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_18 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_19.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_19 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_2.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_2 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_20.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_20 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_7.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_7 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_8.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_8 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_9.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_9 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_3.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_3 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_3 10 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_4.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_4 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_4 10 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_5.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_5 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_5 10 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/speedrun_record_6.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | defaults: 4 | - nanogpt_speedrun/default_config 5 | 6 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_6 7 | 8 | slurm_config_args: 9 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_6 10 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/coder/base.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | coder_args: 4 | _target_: core.coders.base.Coder 5 | secrets: ${secrets} 6 | model_url: ${model_url} 7 | model_name: ${model_name} 8 | system_prompt: ${system_prompt} 9 | log_llm_metrics: ${log_llm_metrics} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/ideator/base.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | ideator_args: 4 | _target_: core.ideators.base.Ideator 5 | secrets: ${secrets} 6 | model_url: ${model_url} 7 | model_name: ${model_name} 8 | system_prompt: ${system_prompt} 9 | log_llm_metrics: ${log_llm_metrics} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_6/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 5100, 5 | "val_loss": 3.275, 6 | "train_time": 766259 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.275, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_7/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 5100, 5 | "val_loss": 3.276, 6 | "train_time": 773072 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.276, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_2/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 9536, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2603, 6 | "train_time": 2209926 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2603, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_3/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 7000, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2813, 6 | "train_time": 1386147 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2813, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_4/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 6200, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2772, 6 | "train_time": 1301740 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2772, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_5/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 5100, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2751, 6 | "train_time": 949528 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2751, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/collatz/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "runtime": 5.32, 5 | "start_value": 837799, 6 | "max_steps": 524 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "This is my initial implementation for finding a Collatz sequence of maximum length in under 60 seconds.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "This script runs in 5.32 seconds and finds a Collatz sequence starting from 837799 with length 524." 10 | } 11 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_1/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 24576, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2766, 6 | "train_time": 2968348 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2766 in 48.94 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_10/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 3200, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2782, 6 | "train_time": 477150 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2785 in 8.31 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_11/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 3242, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2742, 6 | "train_time": 442985 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2742 in 7.29 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_12/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1875, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2739, 6 | "train_time": 317839 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2739 in 5.23 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_13/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1750, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2739, 6 | "train_time": 289805 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2739 in 4.76 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_14/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1530, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2739, 6 | "train_time": 273107 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2739 in 4.49 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_15/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1480, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2771, 6 | "train_time": 241463 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2771 in 4.02 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_16/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1480, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2773, 6 | "train_time": 232971 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2773 in 3.88 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_17/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1490, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2739, 6 | "train_time": 220374 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2739 in 3.67 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_18/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1390, 5 | "val_loss": 3.277, 6 | "train_time": 211840 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.277 in 3.49 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_19/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1395, 5 | "val_loss": 3.277, 6 | "train_time": 199442 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.277 in 3.32 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_20/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1393, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2739, 6 | "train_time": 188680 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2739 in 3.14 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_21/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 1770, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2739, 6 | "train_time": 184262 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2739 in 3.07 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_8/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 4578, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2789, 6 | "train_time": 662205 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2789 in 10.97 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/nanogpt_speedrun/record_9/results.json: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | { 2 | "job_status": "COMPLETED", 3 | "metrics": { 4 | "n_steps": 3200, 5 | "val_loss": 3.2785, 6 | "train_time": 505531 7 | }, 8 | "hypothesis": "Baseline run of GPT2 124M model on FineWeb 10B dataset with default hyperparameters.", 9 | "outcome_summary": "The model achieves a validation loss of 3.2785 in 8.31 minutes, reaching under the 3.28 target validation loss." 10 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/coder/aider.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | coder_args: 4 | _target_: core.coders.aider.AiderCoder 5 | secrets: ${secrets} 6 | model_url: ${model_url} 7 | model_name: ${model_name} 8 | system_prompt: ${system_prompt} 9 | log_llm_metrics: ${log_llm_metrics} 10 | stream: True 11 | edit_format: "diff" 12 | max_reflections: 5 13 | use_temperature: 0.6 # Ignored for o1 models 14 | abs_read_only_fnames: ${abs_read_only_fnames} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/science_runner/bon.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | science_runner_args: 4 | _target_: core.runners.bon_science_runner.BoNScienceRunner 5 | 6 | config: ${exp_config_args} 7 | workspace: ${workspace_args} 8 | assistant: ${assistant_args} 9 | ideator: ${ideator_args} 10 | coder: ${coder_args} 11 | slurm_config: ${slurm_config_args} 12 | 13 | max_retries: 3 14 | max_n_nodes: 20 15 | n_hypotheses: 1 16 | 17 | knowledge_src_paths: ${knowledge_src_paths} 18 | knowledge_pass_to_coder: False 19 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /.gitignore: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # macOS system files 2 | .DS_Store 3 | 4 | # Compiled Python files 5 | __pycache__/ 6 | *.pyc 7 | *.pyo 8 | *.pyd 9 | 10 | # pytest 11 | .pytest_cache 12 | 13 | # Virtual environments 14 | venv/ 15 | .env/ 16 | 17 | # Jupyter Notebook checkpoints 18 | .ipynb_checkpoints/ 19 | 20 | # Hydra 21 | outputs/ 22 | 23 | # Ignore all files in the config/secrets directory 24 | config/secrets/* 25 | 26 | # Unignore the default.template.yaml file 27 | !config/secrets/default.template.yaml 28 | 29 | # Workspaces 30 | workspaces/ 31 | cache/ 32 | 33 | # Figures 34 | figures/ 35 | 36 | # Local results 37 | results/ 38 | 39 | # Aider 40 | aider.txt 41 | 42 | # submitit 43 | submitit_logs/ 44 | 45 | # nanogpt run artifacts 46 | logs/ 47 | *.pt 48 | 49 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /utils/str_utils.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | import json 8 | 9 | 10 | def basic_type_name_to_type(name: str) -> type: 11 | type_mapping = {"float": float, "int": int, "str": str, "dict": dict} 12 | return type_mapping[name] 13 | 14 | 15 | def get_serializable_dict_subset(data: dict): 16 | safe_subset = {} 17 | for key, value in data.items(): 18 | try: 19 | json.dumps(value) 20 | except (TypeError, OverflowError): 21 | continue 22 | else: 23 | safe_subset[key] = value 24 | return safe_subset 25 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /conda_envs/speedrunner-12-18/environment-12-18.yml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | name: record-12-18 2 | channels: 3 | - defaults 4 | - conda-forge 5 | dependencies: 6 | - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main 7 | - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu 8 | - bzip2=1.0.8=h5eee18b_6 9 | - ca-certificates=2024.12.31=h06a4308_0 10 | - expat=2.6.4=h6a678d5_0 11 | - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0 12 | - libffi=3.4.4=h6a678d5_1 13 | - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1 14 | - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1 15 | - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1 16 | - libuuid=1.41.5=h5eee18b_0 17 | - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0 18 | - openssl=3.0.15=h5eee18b_0 19 | - python=3.12.8=h5148396_0 20 | - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0 21 | - setuptools=75.1.0=py312h06a4308_0 22 | - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0 23 | - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0 24 | - wheel=0.44.0=py312h06a4308_0 25 | - xz=5.4.6=h5eee18b_1 26 | - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1 27 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /workspace_templates/collatz/collatz.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | import time 8 | 9 | def collatz_steps(n): 10 | steps = 0 11 | while n != 1: 12 | if n % 2 == 0: 13 | n //= 2 14 | else: 15 | n = 3 * n + 1 16 | steps += 1 17 | return steps 18 | 19 | def find_max_collatz(limit): 20 | max_steps = 0 21 | number = 0 22 | start_time = time.time() # Start timing 23 | 24 | for i in range(1, limit + 1): 25 | steps = collatz_steps(i) 26 | if steps > max_steps: 27 | max_steps = steps 28 | number = i 29 | 30 | end_time = time.time() # End timing 31 | elapsed_time = end_time - start_time 32 | return number, max_steps, elapsed_time 33 | 34 | limit = 10_000_000 35 | result = find_max_collatz(limit) 36 | print(f"limit: {limit} start_value: {result[0]} max_steps: {result[1]} runtime: {result[2]:.2f}") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /CONTRIBUTING.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Contributing to the SpeedRACER Benchmark 2 | We want to make contributing to this project as easy and transparent as 3 | possible. 4 | 5 | ## Pull Requests 6 | We actively welcome your pull requests. 7 | 8 | 1. Fork the repo and create your branch from `main`. 9 | 2. If you've added code that should be tested, add tests. 10 | 3. If you've changed APIs, update the documentation. 11 | 4. Ensure the test suite passes. 12 | 5. Make sure your code lints. 13 | 6. If you haven't already, complete the Contributor License Agreement ("CLA"). 14 | 15 | ## Contributor License Agreement ("CLA") 16 | In order to accept your pull request, we need you to submit a CLA. You only need 17 | to do this once to work on any of Meta's open source projects. 18 | 19 | Complete your CLA here: 20 | 21 | ## Issues 22 | We use GitHub issues to track public bugs. Please ensure your description is 23 | clear and has sufficient instructions to be able to reproduce the issue. 24 | 25 | ## License 26 | By contributing to minimax, you agree that your contributions will be licensed 27 | under the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /serve_vllm.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | import submitit 8 | 9 | 10 | def run_vllm_server(): 11 | import subprocess 12 | model_path = "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B" 13 | command = [ 14 | "vllm", 15 | "serve", 16 | model_path, 17 | "--gpu-memory-utilization", "0.9", 18 | "--tensor-parallel-size", "2", 19 | "--enable-prefix-caching" 20 | ] 21 | subprocess.run(command, check=True) 22 | 23 | 24 | def main(): 25 | executor = submitit.AutoExecutor(folder="submitit_logs/vllm_server") 26 | executor.update_parameters( 27 | timeout_min=60*12, 28 | gpus_per_node=2, 29 | cpus_per_task=4, 30 | mem_gb=70, 31 | slurm_account="ram", 32 | slurm_qos="dev" 33 | ) 34 | 35 | # Submit the job 36 | job = executor.submit(run_vllm_server) 37 | print(f"Job submitted with ID: {job.job_id}") 38 | 39 | 40 | if __name__ == "__main__": 41 | main() 42 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/collatz.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | template_dirname: collatz 4 | 5 | n_iterations: 3 6 | 7 | exp_config_args: 8 | _target_: core.types.ExperimentConfig 9 | 10 | max_retries: 3 11 | 12 | task_description: >- 13 | Find the longest Collatz sequence within a runtime budget of 1 minute. 14 | 15 | code_instructions: >- 16 | Make sure you do not change the logging statements, 17 | so that the results continue to printed to stdout in the same format. 18 | Otherwise, the experiment run may be deemed invalid. 19 | Besides the logging statements, you can change anything 20 | about the script, including the limit.\n 21 | 22 | Your code will be run on a machine with a single H100 GPU. 23 | 24 | entry_fname: collatz.py 25 | fnames: 26 | - 'collatz.py' 27 | 28 | metric_types: 29 | runtime: float 30 | start_value: int 31 | max_steps: float 32 | 33 | selection_metric: max_steps 34 | lower_is_better: false 35 | 36 | slurm_config_args: 37 | _target_: core.types.SlurmConfig 38 | 39 | nodes: 1 40 | tasks_per_node: 1 41 | gpus_per_node: 1 42 | cpus_per_task: 12 43 | job_ttl: 5 44 | job_name: collatz 45 | account: maui 46 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /conda_envs/speedrunner-12-18/pip_requirements-12-18.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Core ML/AI frameworks 2 | torch==2.7.1 3 | torchvision 4 | tensorflow==2.18.0 5 | transformers==4.51.0 6 | huggingface-hub 7 | tokenizers 8 | datasets 9 | sympy 10 | triton==3.3.0 11 | 12 | # LLM and inference 13 | outlines==0.1.11 14 | litellm==1.61.15 15 | openai==1.60.2 16 | anthropic 17 | tiktoken 18 | 19 | # Data science and ML utilities 20 | numpy==1.26.4 21 | pandas==2.2.3 22 | scikit-learn==1.6.1 23 | matplotlib==3.10.0 24 | scipy==1.13.1 25 | 26 | # Development and training acceleration 27 | accelerate==1.6.0 28 | deepspeed==0.16.3 29 | ray==2.43.0 30 | 31 | # Jupyter and development environment 32 | jupyterlab==4.3.6 33 | ipython==8.32.0 34 | 35 | # Web framework and API 36 | Flask 37 | fastapi==0.115.7 38 | uvicorn==0.34.0 39 | gunicorn 40 | 41 | # Configuration and utilities 42 | pydantic==2.10.6 43 | pyyaml==6.0.2 44 | tqdm==4.67.1 45 | requests==2.32.4 46 | regex 47 | submitit 48 | hydra-core 49 | tenacity 50 | annotated-types 51 | pydantic-core 52 | httpx 53 | distro 54 | jiter 55 | dotenv 56 | json5 57 | networkx 58 | 59 | # Aider dependencies 60 | Pillow 61 | mixpanel 62 | posthog 63 | pyperclip 64 | pydub 65 | rich 66 | importlib-resources 67 | pathspec 68 | pypandoc 69 | diskcache 70 | diff-match-patch 71 | flake8 72 | black 73 | 74 | # AI development tools 75 | aider-chat==0.74.1 76 | 77 | # Data formats and storage 78 | boto3==1.37.29 79 | botocore 80 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/prompts/analysis_prompts.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | SUMMARIZE_LOGS_PROMPT = """Task: Produce a succinct summary of the following stdout and stderr logs for a job running on a compute cluster. 8 | - Your summary should consider whether the logs indicate whether the goal below was achieved or not. 9 | - Keep your summary below 500 words. 10 | 11 | # Job goal 12 | {goal} 13 | 14 | 15 | # stdout logs 16 | {log_out} 17 | 18 | 19 | # stderr logs 20 | {log_err} 21 | 22 | Respond with just your summary text with no extra commentary and no extra formatting. If appropriate, include the most useful stderr logs for debugging in code blocks fenced by triple ticks. 23 | """ 24 | 25 | 26 | PARSE_METRICS_FROM_LOGS = """Task: Analyze the following output logs and extract metrics following the metrics structure and typing template provided below. 27 | 28 | # Logs 29 | {logs} 30 | 31 | # Metric dict template (showing expected type for each key) 32 | {metric_types} 33 | 34 | Respond with only the extracted metrics as a JSON dict following the exact structure and type specification in the dict template below. 35 | If no metrics are successfully extracted, return the empty dict, {{}}. If any individual key: value expected in the metrics template is missing, set its value to null. 36 | """ 37 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/coders/base.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | """ 8 | A basic coder agent. 9 | 10 | Takes an instruction and produces a whole code edit, which can be saved. 11 | """ 12 | from typing import Optional 13 | 14 | from core.agent import Agent 15 | from core.workspace import Workspace 16 | from core import validators 17 | from core.prompts import coder_prompts 18 | 19 | 20 | class Coder(Agent): 21 | def code( 22 | self, 23 | task_description: str, 24 | instruction: Optional[str], 25 | ideas: Optional[str], 26 | fnames: str | list[str], 27 | workspace: Workspace, 28 | version: int, 29 | bug_history: Optional[str] = None, 30 | max_retries=1 31 | ) -> str: 32 | abs_paths = workspace.resolve_path(fnames, version=version) 33 | code = workspace.view(abs_paths, version=version) 34 | 35 | update_prompt = coder_prompts.basic_code_prompt( 36 | task_description=task_description, 37 | instruction=instruction, 38 | ideas=ideas, 39 | fnames=fnames, 40 | code=code, 41 | packages=workspace.packges, 42 | bug_history=bug_history 43 | ) 44 | 45 | updated_code = self.act( 46 | update_prompt, 47 | validator=validators.validate_code, 48 | max_retries=max_retries 49 | ) 50 | 51 | workspace.save_to_file(updated_code, fname, version=version) 52 | 53 | return updated_code -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /conda_envs/speedrunner-1-11/pip_requirements-1-11.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Core ML/AI frameworks 2 | torch==2.7.1 3 | torchvision==0.20.1 4 | tensorflow==2.18.0 5 | transformers==4.51.0 6 | huggingface-hub==0.28.0 7 | tokenizers 8 | datasets 9 | sympy 10 | triton==3.1.0 11 | 12 | # LLM and inference 13 | vllm==0.9.0 14 | outlines==0.1.11 15 | litellm==1.61.15 16 | openai==1.60.2 17 | anthropic 18 | tiktoken 19 | 20 | # Data science and ML utilities 21 | numpy==1.26.4 22 | pandas==2.2.3 23 | scikit-learn==1.6.1 24 | matplotlib==3.10.0 25 | scipy==1.13.1 26 | 27 | # Development and training acceleration 28 | accelerate==1.6.0 29 | deepspeed==0.16.3 30 | ray==2.43.0 31 | 32 | # Jupyter and development environment 33 | jupyterlab==4.3.6 34 | ipython==8.32.0 35 | 36 | # Web framework and API 37 | Flask 38 | fastapi==0.115.7 39 | uvicorn==0.34.0 40 | gunicorn 41 | 42 | # Configuration and utilities 43 | pydantic==2.10.6 44 | pyyaml==6.0.2 45 | tqdm==4.67.1 46 | requests==2.32.4 47 | regex 48 | submitit 49 | hydra-core 50 | tenacity 51 | annotated-types 52 | pydantic-core 53 | httpx 54 | distro 55 | jiter 56 | dotenv 57 | json5 58 | networkx 59 | 60 | # Aider dependencies 61 | Pillow 62 | mixpanel 63 | posthog 64 | pyperclip 65 | pydub 66 | rich 67 | importlib-resources 68 | pathspec 69 | pypandoc 70 | git+https://github.com/Aider-AI/grep-ast.git 71 | tree-sitter-languages 72 | tree-sitter-language-pack 73 | diskcache 74 | diff-match-patch 75 | flake8 76 | black 77 | 78 | # AI development tools 79 | aider-chat==0.74.1 80 | 81 | # Data formats and storage 82 | boto3==1.37.29 83 | botocore 84 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /conda_envs/speedrunner-1-11/environment-1-11.yml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | name: record-1-11 2 | channels: 3 | - defaults 4 | - conda-forge 5 | dependencies: 6 | - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main 7 | - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu 8 | - bzip2=1.0.8=h5eee18b_6 9 | - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0 10 | - comm=0.2.1=py312h06a4308_0 11 | - debugpy=1.8.11=py312h6a678d5_0 12 | - decorator=5.1.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0 13 | - expat=2.6.4=h6a678d5_0 14 | - ipykernel=6.29.5=py312h06a4308_1 15 | - jedi=0.19.2=py312h06a4308_0 16 | - jupyter_client=8.6.3=py312h06a4308_0 17 | - jupyter_core=5.7.2=py312h06a4308_0 18 | - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0 19 | - libffi=3.4.4=h6a678d5_1 20 | - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1 21 | - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1 22 | - libsodium=1.0.18=h7b6447c_0 23 | - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1 24 | - libuuid=1.41.5=h5eee18b_0 25 | - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0 26 | - nest-asyncio=1.6.0=py312h06a4308_0 27 | - openssl=3.0.16=h5eee18b_0 28 | - packaging=24.2=py312h06a4308_0 29 | - parso=0.8.4=py312h06a4308_0 30 | - prompt_toolkit=3.0.43=hd3eb1b0_0 31 | - ptyprocess=0.7.0=pyhd3eb1b0_2 32 | - pure_eval=0.2.2=pyhd3eb1b0_0 33 | - python=3.12.9=h5148396_0 34 | - python-dateutil=2.9.0post0=py312h06a4308_2 35 | - pyzmq=26.2.0=py312h6a678d5_0 36 | - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0 37 | - setuptools=75.1.0=py312h06a4308_0 38 | - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0 39 | - stack_data=0.2.0=pyhd3eb1b0_0 40 | - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0 41 | - tornado=6.4.2=py312h5eee18b_0 42 | - traitlets=5.14.3=py312h06a4308_0 43 | - wheel=0.44.0=py312h06a4308_0 44 | - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1 45 | - zeromq=4.3.5=h6a678d5_0 46 | - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1 47 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/types.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | from typing import Optional, Union 8 | import dataclasses 9 | 10 | 11 | Serializable = Union[str, int, float, bool, None, dict[str, "Serializable"], list["Serializable"]] 12 | 13 | 14 | @dataclasses.dataclass 15 | class ExperimentConfig: 16 | code_instructions: str 17 | 18 | entry_fname: str 19 | fnames: list[str] 20 | 21 | selection_metric: str 22 | lower_is_better: bool = False 23 | metric_types: Optional[dict[str, list[type]]] = None 24 | metrics_at_least: Optional[dict[str, int | float]] = None 25 | metrics_at_most: Optional[dict[str, int | float]] = None 26 | 27 | eval_fname: Optional[str] = None 28 | eval_metric_types: Optional[dict[str, list[type]]] = None 29 | eval_selection_metric: Optional[str] = None 30 | eval_lower_is_better: bool = False 31 | eval_metrics_at_least: Optional[dict[str, int | float]] = None 32 | eval_metrics_at_most: Optional[dict[str, int | float]] = None 33 | eval_metrics_private: Optional[list[str]] = None 34 | 35 | task_description: Optional[str] = None 36 | task_description_file: Optional[str] = None 37 | preamble: Optional[str] = None 38 | max_retries: int = 3 39 | 40 | 41 | @dataclasses.dataclass 42 | class SlurmConfig: 43 | nodes: int 44 | tasks_per_node: int 45 | gpus_per_node: int 46 | cpus_per_task: int 47 | job_ttl: int 48 | use_torchrun: bool = False 49 | use_local_runs: bool = False 50 | job_name: str = 'submitit' 51 | account: str = 'maui' 52 | qos: Optional[str] = None 53 | env_vars: Optional[dict[str, str]] = None 54 | log_dir='submitit_logs' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/validators.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | from typing import Optional, Type 8 | import json 9 | import re 10 | 11 | 12 | def extract_code(text: str, strict=False) -> Optional[str]: 13 | pattern = r"```(?:\s*\w+)?\n(.*?)\n```" 14 | matches = re.findall(pattern, text, re.DOTALL) 15 | 16 | if matches: 17 | return matches[-1] 18 | elif not strict: 19 | return text 20 | else: 21 | return '' 22 | 23 | 24 | def extract_last_json_dict(text: str) -> Optional[str]: 25 | pattern = re.compile(r'\{.*?\}', re.DOTALL) 26 | matches = pattern.findall(text) 27 | 28 | if not matches: 29 | return None 30 | 31 | try: 32 | last_json = matches[-1] 33 | return last_json 34 | except json.JSONDecodeError: 35 | return None 36 | 37 | 38 | def validate_json(x: str, type_dict: Optional[dict[str, Type]] = None) -> Optional[str]: 39 | print(f"Validating this response as JSON:\n{x}", flush=True) 40 | data = None 41 | 42 | # First parse out just the last json dict str, as r1 likes to return multiple 43 | json_str = extract_code(x, strict=False) 44 | json_str = extract_last_json_dict(json_str) 45 | 46 | try: 47 | data = json.loads(json_str) 48 | except: 49 | print(f"validate_json: Failed to load {json_str}") 50 | return None 51 | 52 | if type_dict: 53 | for k,v in type_dict.items(): 54 | if not k in data or not isinstance(data[k], v): 55 | print(f"validate_json: {k} is not in {data}") 56 | return None 57 | 58 | return json_str 59 | 60 | 61 | def validate_code(x: str) -> Optional[str]: 62 | print(f"Validating this response as code:\n{x}", flush=True) 63 | 64 | return extract_code(x, strict=False) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/default.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | defaults: 2 | - _self_ 3 | - secrets: default 4 | - task: collatz 5 | - model: r1_32b 6 | - science_runner: bon 7 | - ideator: base 8 | - coder: aider 9 | - override hydra/hydra_logging: disabled 10 | - override hydra/job_logging: disabled 11 | 12 | hydra: 13 | output_subdir: null 14 | run: 15 | dir: . 16 | 17 | node_id: dummy 18 | 19 | log_llm_metrics: True 20 | 21 | n_iterations: 5 22 | 23 | system_prompt: >- 24 | You are a machine learning scientist, with expertise in 25 | large language models and high-performance computing. 26 | Use your expertise to assist the user in their machine learning task. 27 | 28 | workspace_args: 29 | _target_: core.workspace.Workspace 30 | # use /checkpoint/maui/... here to avoid disk quota exceeded errors 31 | root_path: /checkpoint/maui/${oc.env:USER}/scientist/workspace/${template_dirname}_${now:%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%f} 32 | template_dir: ${oc.env:PWD}/workspace_templates/${template_dirname} 33 | packages: 34 | - numpy 35 | - numba 36 | - pandas 37 | - pillow 38 | - scipy 39 | - scikit-learn 40 | - statsmodels 41 | - xgboost 42 | - lightgbm 43 | - bayesian-optimization 44 | - torch 45 | - torchvision 46 | - torch-geometric 47 | - timm 48 | - huggingface_hub 49 | - transformers 50 | - cudatoolkit 51 | 52 | ignore_list: 53 | - assistant_history.jsonl 54 | - ideator_history.jsonl 55 | - coder_history.jsonl 56 | - aider.txt 57 | - meta.json 58 | - results.json 59 | - cache 60 | - preview_resources.txt 61 | - "*grading_report.json" 62 | - "submission.csv" 63 | 64 | assistant_args: 65 | _target_: core.agent.Agent 66 | secrets: ${secrets} 67 | model_url: ${model_url} 68 | model_name: ${model_name} 69 | system_prompt: ${system_prompt} 70 | log_llm_metrics: ${log_llm_metrics} 71 | 72 | abs_read_only_fnames: [] 73 | knowledge_src_paths: [] 74 | 75 | slurm_config_args: 76 | _target_: core.types.SlurmConfig 77 | use_local_runs: false -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/ideators/dummy_ideator.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | """ 8 | A dummy ideator agent that passes through knowledge without any model interactions. 9 | """ 10 | from typing import Optional 11 | 12 | from core.agent import Agent 13 | from core.workspace import Workspace 14 | 15 | 16 | class DummyIdeator(Agent): 17 | def ideate( 18 | self, 19 | task_description: str, 20 | fnames: list[str], 21 | workspace: Workspace, 22 | version: int, 23 | ignore_ideas: Optional[str] = None, 24 | history: Optional[str] = None, 25 | knowledge: Optional[str] = None, 26 | max_retries=1 27 | ) -> tuple[list[str], Optional[dict[str, str]]]: 28 | """Pass through the knowledge without any modifications. 29 | 30 | Args: 31 | task_description: Description of the task (not used) 32 | fnames: List of filenames (not used) 33 | workspace: Workspace object (not used) 34 | version: Version number (not used) 35 | ignore_ideas: Ideas to ignore (not used) 36 | history: History string (not used) 37 | knowledge: Knowledge string to pass through 38 | max_retries: Maximum number of retries (not used) 39 | 40 | Returns: 41 | Tuple of (list of knowledge strings, metadata dict) 42 | """ 43 | # If no knowledge provided, return empty list 44 | if not knowledge: 45 | return [], {"ideator_type": "dummy"} 46 | 47 | # Split knowledge into lines and return 48 | knowledge_lines = [line.strip() for line in knowledge.split('\n') if line.strip()] 49 | return knowledge_lines, { 50 | "summary": "Dummy ideator passed through knowledge", 51 | "ideator_type": "dummy", 52 | "num_knowledge_items": len(knowledge_lines) 53 | } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/ideators/base.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | """ 8 | A basic ideator agent. 9 | 10 | Takes an instruction and produces a whole code edit, which can be saved. 11 | """ 12 | from typing import Optional 13 | import json 14 | 15 | from core.agent import Agent 16 | from core.workspace import Workspace 17 | from core import validators 18 | from core.prompts import ideator_prompts 19 | 20 | 21 | class Ideator(Agent): 22 | def ideate( 23 | self, 24 | task_description: str, 25 | fnames: list[str], 26 | workspace: Workspace, 27 | version: int, 28 | ignore_ideas: Optional[str] = None, 29 | history: Optional[str] = None, 30 | knowledge: Optional[str] = None, 31 | max_retries=1 32 | ) -> tuple[list[str], Optional[dict[str, str]]]: 33 | version_info = workspace.get_version_info(version) 34 | if version == '0': 35 | parent_version = version 36 | else: 37 | assert version_info.parent_version is not None, 'Version must have a parent' 38 | parent_version_info = workspace.get_version_info(version_info.parent_version) 39 | parent_version = parent_version_info.version 40 | 41 | # Generate new ideas based on the contents of the parent version 42 | abs_paths = [workspace.resolve_path(x, version=parent_version) for x in fnames] 43 | code = workspace.view(abs_paths, version=parent_version) 44 | summary = version_info.get_summary_string(with_version_headers=False) 45 | 46 | ideation_prompt = ideator_prompts.basic_ideation_prompt( 47 | code=code, 48 | summary=summary, 49 | task_description=task_description, 50 | is_debug=version_info.bug_depth > 0, 51 | ignore_ideas=ignore_ideas, 52 | history=history, 53 | knowledge=knowledge, 54 | ) 55 | 56 | res_dict = json.loads(self.act( 57 | ideation_prompt, 58 | validator=lambda x: validators.validate_json(x, dict(hypothesis=str)), 59 | max_retries=max_retries 60 | )) 61 | 62 | hypothesis = res_dict['hypothesis'] 63 | 64 | return hypothesis, {'summary': res_dict['summary']} 65 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_6/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | ```python 5 | # Modified Merge Sort with Ternary Split and Insertion Sort Optimization 6 | function merge_sort(arr): 7 | if length(arr) <= 2: # Base case optimization 8 | return insertion_sort(arr) # Better performance for small arrays 9 | 10 | # Split array into three parts instead of two 11 | mid1 = len(arr) // 3 12 | mid2 = 2 * len(arr) // 3 13 | left = arr[0:mid1] 14 | center = arr[mid1:mid2] 15 | right = arr[mid2:end] 16 | 17 | # Recursively sort all three segments 18 | left = merge_sort(left) 19 | center = merge_sort(center) 20 | right = merge_sort(right) 21 | 22 | # Merge three sorted arrays instead of two 23 | return merge_three(left, center, right) 24 | 25 | # New three-way merge implementation 26 | function merge_three(a, b, c): 27 | result = empty array 28 | while a, b, c all non-empty: 29 | # Find minimum element from all three fronts 30 | if a[0] <= b[0] and a[0] <= c[0]: 31 | append a.pop(0) to result 32 | elif b[0] <= a[0] and b[0] <= c[0]: 33 | append b.pop(0) to result 34 | else: 35 | append c.pop(0) to result 36 | 37 | # Handle remaining elements with standard two-way merge 38 | # (Implementation merges remaining pairs after one array empties) 39 | return result + merge(a, b) + c # Using original merge for remaining elements 40 | 41 | # Strategy Changes and Impact: 42 | 1. Ternary Split: 43 | - Splits array into 3 parts instead of 2 44 | - Reduces recursion depth from O(log₂n) to O(log₃n) 45 | - May improve performance for large datasets through better cache utilization 46 | 47 | 2. Insertion Sort Base Case: 48 | - Uses insertion sort for n ≤ 2 elements 49 | - Reduces overhead of recursive calls for small arrays 50 | - Provides 2-3x speedup for base cases according to benchmarks 51 | 52 | 3. Three-Way Merge: 53 | - Modified merge logic to handle 3 sorted arrays 54 | - Maintains O(n) merge complexity through sequential comparisons 55 | - First compares all three heads, then falls back to pairwise merging 56 | ``` -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_5/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | // --- Distributed Training Enhancements in Muon Optimizer --- 5 | Algorithm Muon.step() changes: 6 | 1. Distributed parameter processing: 7 | FOR each parameter group: 8 | ALLOCATE flat buffer for aggregated updates 9 | CALCULATE each GPU's assigned parameters using (param_index % world_size == rank) 10 | 11 | // Processing local parameters 12 | FOR each assigned parameter: 13 | COMPUTE momentum-adjusted gradient 14 | APPLY orthogonalization backend (e.g., Newton-Schulz) 15 | SCALE update based on matrix dimensions 16 | STORE in flat buffer 17 | 18 | // Global synchronization 19 | PERFORM all-reduce operation across GPUs to sum updates 20 | 21 | // Uniform parameter update 22 | FOR all parameters (regardless of GPU assignment): 23 | EXTRACT update from synchronized flat buffer 24 | APPLY scaled learning rate update 25 | 26 | Purpose/Impact: 27 | - Enables multi-GPU training via parameter sharding and all-reduce 28 | - Reduces communication overhead through flat buffer strategy 29 | - Maintains identical update application across all devices 30 | 31 | // --- Attention Layer Modification --- 32 | Algorithm CausalSelfAttention.forward() changes: 33 | BEFORE: 34 | APPLY rotary positional embeddings 35 | THEN APPLY RMS normalization to Q/K 36 | 37 | AFTER: 38 | APPLY RMS normalization to Q/K 39 | THEN APPLY rotary positional embeddings 40 | 41 | Purpose/Impact: 42 | - Changes order of normalization vs positional encoding 43 | - Potentially improves training stability by normalizing before rotary transform 44 | - Aligns with latest research findings on attention mechanics 45 | 46 | // --- Optimizer Initialization Changes --- 47 | Algorithm training setup: 48 | INITIALIZE Muon optimizer with: 49 | - rank from distributed process ID 50 | - world_size from total GPU count 51 | - 10% base learning rate compared to AdamW 52 | 53 | Purpose/Impact: 54 | - Integrates with PyTorch Distributed Data Parallel (DDP) 55 | - Allows different learning rates for transformer blocks vs head 56 | - Enables hybrid optimizer strategy (AdamW + custom Muon) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/agent.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | from typing import Callable, Optional 8 | import os 9 | from .llm_client import LLMClient 10 | 11 | 12 | class Agent: 13 | def __init__( 14 | self, 15 | model_url: Optional[str] = None, 16 | model_name: Optional[str] = None, 17 | system_prompt: Optional[str] = None, 18 | log_llm_metrics=False, 19 | secrets: Optional[dict[str: str]] = None, 20 | api_version: Optional[str] = None, 21 | ): 22 | api_key = None 23 | if secrets: 24 | for k, v in secrets.items(): 25 | if k.endswith('OPENAI_API_KEY') and 'gemini' not in model_name: 26 | api_key = v 27 | break 28 | if 'gemini' in model_name and k.endswith('GEMINI_API_KEY'): 29 | api_key = v 30 | os.environ['GEMINI_API_KEY'] = api_key 31 | break 32 | 33 | 34 | self.llm = LLMClient( 35 | model_url=model_url, 36 | model_name=model_name, 37 | log_metrics=log_llm_metrics, 38 | api_key=api_key, 39 | api_version=api_version 40 | ) 41 | self.system_prompt = system_prompt 42 | 43 | def act( 44 | self, 45 | instruction: str, 46 | validator: Optional[Callable[str, Optional[str]]] = None, # type: ignore 47 | max_retries=1 48 | ) -> str: 49 | response = self.llm.generate(instruction) 50 | 51 | if validator: 52 | response = validator(response) 53 | 54 | n_retries = 0 55 | while n_retries < max_retries and response is None: 56 | response = self.llm.generate(instruction, system_prompt=self.system_prompt) 57 | 58 | n_retries += 1 59 | 60 | response = validator(response) 61 | 62 | if response is None: 63 | raise ValueError(f'Malformed response after {max_retries} attempts.') 64 | 65 | return response 66 | 67 | def flush_logs(self, path: str): 68 | self.llm.flush_logs(path) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_8/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | // Key Algorithmic Changes and Improvements: 5 | 6 | 1. **Residual Value Blending in Attention** 7 | - Added learnable lambda parameter for value blending 8 | - Forward pass now combines current value with previous block's value: 9 | 10 | ```python 11 | class CausalSelfAttention: 12 | def forward(x, prev_v): 13 | current_v = compute_value(x) 14 | if first_block: prev_v = current_v 15 | blended_v = (1 - self.lamb) * current_v + self.lamb * prev_v 16 | // Apply attention with blended_v 17 | return output, current_v // Return current_v for next blocks 18 | ``` 19 | 20 | 2. **DenseNet-style Block Connections** 21 | - Each block mixes current activation with initial embeddings: 22 | 23 | ```python 24 | class Block: 25 | def forward(x, prev_v, initial_x): 26 | // Mix current activation with initial embeddings 27 | x = λ1*x + λ2*initial_x 28 | // Process through attention and MLP 29 | return updated_x, new_v 30 | ``` 31 | 32 | 3. **Logit Stabilization** 33 | - Added tanh-based logit clamping: 34 | 35 | ```python 36 | logits = 30 * tanh(logits / 30) // Constrain output magnitude 37 | ``` 38 | 39 | 4. **Parameter-Type Optimizer Strategy** 40 | - Split parameters by dimensionality for specialized optimization: 41 | 42 | ```python 43 | matrix_params = [weights] // 2D parameters 44 | scalar_params = [biases, lambdas] // 1D parameters 45 | use Muon optimizer for matrices, Adam for scalars 46 | ``` 47 | 48 | 5. **Momentum Warmup** 49 | - Gradual momentum increase for stability: 50 | 51 | ```python 52 | momentum = linear_ramp(0.85 → 0.95) over first 500 steps 53 | ``` 54 | 55 | 6. **Training Schedule Compression** 56 | - Reduced total iterations from 4578 → 3200 57 | - Adjusted warmdown phase proportionally 58 | 59 | // Purpose and Impact: 60 | - Value blending improves gradient flow through attention layers 61 | - Dense connections help preserve early feature information 62 | - Logit clamping prevents numerical instability in softmax 63 | - Specialized optimizers may accelerate convergence 64 | - Momentum warmup enhances early training stability 65 | - Compact schedule suggests improved convergence efficiency -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_10/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | // 1. Modified Matrix Inversion Algorithm (Newton-Schulz iteration) 5 | FUNCTION zeropower_via_newtonschulz5: 6 | INPUT: Matrix G, steps 7 | INITIALIZE X based on G dimensions 8 | FOR each iteration step: 9 | COMPUTE A = X * X^T 10 | // Key Change: Optimized polynomial coefficients and matrix operations 11 | COMPUTE B = b*A + c*A^2 // Reduced computational complexity 12 | UPDATE X = a*X + B*X // Improved convergence properties 13 | RETURN processed X 14 | 15 | // 2. U-Net Architecture with Learned Skip Connections 16 | CLASS GPT IMPLEMENTS NEURAL NETWORK: 17 | STRUCTURE: 18 | - Split transformer layers into encoder/decoder 19 | - Add learnable skip connection weights 20 | 21 | FORWARD PASS: 22 | PROCESS input through encoder layers: 23 | STORE encoder outputs in skip_connections 24 | PROCESS through decoder layers: 25 | COMBINE current activation with weighted skip connection: 26 | x = x + skip_weights[i] * skip_connections.pop() 27 | FINAL normalization and output 28 | 29 | // 3. Optimizer Configuration Changes 30 | SETUP OPTIMIZATION: 31 | INCREASE learning rates by 2-4x for: 32 | - Token embeddings (0.3 ➔ 0.6) 33 | - Output layer (0.002 ➔ 0.008) 34 | - Matrix params (0.02 ➔ 0.04) 35 | ADD skip_weights to scalar parameters 36 | USE separate optimizers for different parameter types 37 | 38 | // 4. Training Schedule Adjustment 39 | SET TRAINING LENGTH: 40 | REDUCE total iterations: 3242 ➔ 3000 41 | ADJUST warmdown phase: 926 ➔ 900 steps 42 | 43 | Key Improvements: 44 | 1. Matrix inversion stability and efficiency through optimized polynomial iteration 45 | 2. U-Net architecture enables better gradient flow and feature reuse via learned skips 46 | 3. Tuned optimizer settings accommodate new architecture components 47 | 4. Streamlined training schedule for faster convergence 48 | 49 | Impact: 50 | - UNet skip connections should improve contextual feature preservation 51 | - Modified matrix inversion reduces computational complexity while maintaining numerical stability 52 | - Higher learning rates suggest improved training stability from architecture changes 53 | - Reduced iteration count implies more efficient training process -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /config/task/nanogpt_speedrun/default_config.yaml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # @package _global_ 2 | 3 | template_dirname: nanogpt_speedrun/record_1 4 | 5 | n_iterations: 3 6 | 7 | exp_config_args: 8 | _target_: core.types.ExperimentConfig 9 | 10 | max_retries: 3 11 | 12 | task_description: >- 13 | Improve train_gpt2.py so that it achieves or goes below the 14 | target val_loss value of 3.28 in the shortest train_time possible. 15 | 16 | code_instructions: >- 17 | Make sure your code changes preserve these aspects of train_gpt2.py:\n 18 | - The script continues to be runnable via simply calling `torchrun --nproc_per_node=8 train_gpt2.py`.\n 19 | - Do NOT change the value of train_files, val_files, or val_token values in 20 | the Hyperparameters config used to set the training args.\n 21 | - Make sure the values of these hyperparameters are not changed, 22 | and keep to using the current os.environ variables.\n 23 | - Always keep save_checkpoint set to False in the training args.\n 24 | - Keep all print0 statements the same. Do not change the arguments 25 | used in the current print0 statements, so to ensure the logging format is preserved.\n 26 | - When possible, just change the train_gpt2.py file without making extra files.\n 27 | - Important: I care about optimizing the performance of the implementation and 28 | do not care how organized or disorganized the code is. 29 | - Any bugs will be described in the "outcome_summary" value of the summary, if provided. 30 | Always focus on addressing these when present, before improving other parts of the code. 31 | 32 | If you violate any of the above constraints, the experiment run will be invalid.\n 33 | 34 | Your job will be run on a single 8xH100 node with access to all 8 GPUs. 35 | 36 | entry_fname: train_gpt2.py 37 | fnames: 38 | - 'train_gpt2.py' 39 | 40 | metric_types: 41 | n_steps: int 42 | val_loss: float 43 | train_time: int 44 | 45 | metrics_at_most: 46 | val_loss: 3.28 47 | 48 | selection_metric: train_time 49 | lower_is_better: true 50 | 51 | slurm_config_args: 52 | _target_: core.types.SlurmConfig 53 | 54 | nodes: 1 55 | tasks_per_node: 8 56 | gpus_per_node: 8 57 | cpus_per_task: 12 58 | job_ttl: 60 59 | use_torchrun: true 60 | job_name: nanogpt_speedrun_record_1 61 | account: maui 62 | qos: maui_high 63 | env_vars: 64 | NANOGPT_TRAIN_FILES: "/home/zhaobc/fineweb_data/fineweb10B/fineweb_train_*.bin" 65 | NANOGPT_VAL_FILES: "/home/zhaobc/fineweb_data/fineweb10B/fineweb_val_*.bin" 66 | NANOGPT_VAL_TOKENS: "10485760" 67 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_9/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | ### 1. Mixed Precision Casting Layer 5 | Added CastedLinear wrapper that automatically casts weights to input dtype: 6 | ``` 7 | CLASS CastedLinear INHERITS Linear: 8 | METHOD forward(x): 9 | RETURN linear(x, weight.cast_to(x.dtype)) # Ensures weight/input dtype alignment 10 | ``` 11 | - Impact: Enables safer mixed precision training by maintaining numerical stability 12 | - Used in all attention/MLP projections and output head 13 | 14 | ### 2. Simplified Forward Pass 15 | Changed GPT forward signature and logic: 16 | ``` 17 | METHOD forward(idx, target): 18 | x = compute_embeddings(idx) 19 | x = process_through_transformer_blocks(x) 20 | logits = lm_head(x) 21 | logits = apply_tanh_activation(logits) # 30*tanh(logits/30) 22 | loss = cross_entropy(logits, target) 23 | RETURN loss 24 | ``` 25 | - Key changes: 26 | - Removed conditional branching for inference vs training 27 | - Always compute full sequence logits 28 | - Simplified return to only loss 29 | 30 | ### 3. Precision Management Strategy 31 | Modified model initialization: 32 | ``` 33 | MODEL = GPT().cast_to(bfloat16) 34 | FOR each module IN model: 35 | IF module IS CastedLinear: 36 | KEEP IN float32 # Maintain precision for critical layers 37 | ``` 38 | - Impact: Enables mixed precision while preserving numerical stability 39 | 40 | ### 4. Training Loop Optimization 41 | Streamlined validation and training steps: 42 | ``` 43 | PROCEDURE validate(): 44 | FOR validation batches: 45 | WITH no_grad: 46 | loss += model(x_val, y_val) # Simplified single-pass loss 47 | 48 | PROCEDURE train(): 49 | FOR training batches: 50 | loss = model(x, y) # No explicit autocast context 51 | backprop(loss) 52 | ``` 53 | - Removed manual autocast context management 54 | - Unified precision handling through CastedLinear 55 | 56 | ### 5. Hyperparameter Adjustments 57 | ``` 58 | NUM_ITERATIONS: 3200 → 3242 59 | WARMDOWN_ITERS: 914 → 926 60 | ``` 61 | - Impact: Extended training schedule for convergence 62 | 63 | ### Key Improvements: 64 | 1. Safer mixed precision through type-aware linear layers 65 | 2. Reduced conditional logic for clearer execution paths 66 | 3. Manual precision control replacing autocast for better determinism 67 | 4. Unified loss computation pattern across train/val 68 | 5. Optimized attention backend selection (CUDNN SDP enabled) 69 | 70 | These changes aim to improve numerical stability, reduce computational overhead, and simplify the training loop while maintaining model performance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_4/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | // Core Algorithm Improvements 5 | Algorithm: Newton-Schulz Orthogonalization 6 | 1. Split normalization into explicit step: 7 | X = G (cast to bfloat16) 8 | X /= (X.norm() + eps) // More stable than using original G's norm 9 | 2. Remove final dtype conversion to preserve numerical precision 10 | 11 | Algorithm: Rotary Positional Embeddings 12 | 1. Update caching mechanism: 13 | - Store cos/sin tensors in bfloat16 instead of float32 // Reduces memory usage 14 | - Remove buffer registration for inv_freq // Simplifies model serialization 15 | 16 | Algorithm: Attention Mechanism (CausalSelfAttention) 17 | 1. Replace combined qkv projection with separate layers: 18 | - Use c_q, c_k, c_v instead of c_attn // Enables individual parameter control 19 | 2. Add RMS normalization to queries/keys: 20 | q = RMSNorm(q, dim=head_dim) 21 | k = RMSNorm(k, dim=head_dim) // Stabilizes attention scores 22 | 3. Initialize output projection to zero // Suggested improvement for training stability 23 | 24 | Algorithm: MLP Block 25 | 1. Replace GELU with squared ReLU activation: 26 | x = relu(x)^2 // ~1-2% performance improvement per paper 27 | 2. Zero-initialize final projection layer // Improves training dynamics 28 | 29 | // Architectural Changes 30 | Model Architecture: 31 | 1. Replace custom RMSNorm with framework implementation: 32 | Use F.rms_norm() instead of manual calculation // Simplifies code and improves performance 33 | 2. Modify head configuration: 34 | - Reduce n_head from 12->6 with larger head_dim // Balances computation efficiency 35 | 3. Adjust vocabulary size: 36 | Expand vocab_size to 50304 (nearest 128 multiple) // Improves memory alignment 37 | 38 | // Training Optimization 39 | Validation Process: 40 | 1. Use training context for validation: 41 | Keep autograd during validation but detach loss // Maintains mixed precision benefits 42 | 2. Add explicit loss tensor cleanup // Reduces GPU memory usage 43 | 44 | Hyperparameters: 45 | 1. Shorten training schedule: 46 | num_iterations 6200->5100 47 | warmdown_iters 1800->1450 // Adjusted for improved convergence 48 | 2. Remove attention scaling factor // Now handled by QK normalization 49 | 50 | Key Impact Summary: 51 | - Numerical stability improvements through better normalization 52 | - Memory optimization via precision control (bfloat16) and caching 53 | - Architecture simplifications using framework-native operations 54 | - Training dynamics improvements through initialization changes 55 | - Compute efficiency via head dimension and vocabulary alignment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_12/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | // --- Attention Mechanism Improvements --- 5 | // Dynamic attention window scaling replaces fixed 1024 token window 6 | FUNCTION document_causal_mask(blocksize): 7 | RETURN mask WHERE: 8 | (query_position >= key_position) AND // Standard causal masking 9 | (same_document) AND // Document boundary constraints 10 | (query_position - key_position < dynamic_blocksize) // Increasing context window 11 | 12 | DURING TRAINING: 13 | // Linearly scale attention block size from 64 to 1792 tokens over training 14 | current_step ← training_progress (0..1) 15 | attn_blocksize ← 64 + (1792 - 64) * current_step 16 | attn_blocksize ← ROUND_DOWN_TO_NEAREST_64(attn_blocksize) 17 | 18 | // --- Optimizer Configuration Updates --- 19 | ADJUST OPTIMIZER PARAMETERS: 20 | // Changed beta1 from 0.9→0.8 in Adam optimizers for faster momentum 21 | Adam(word_embeddings): lr=0.6, betas=(0.8, 0.95) 22 | Adam(output_layer): lr=0.008, betas=(0.8, 0.95) 23 | 24 | // Increased Muon optimizer LR from 0.04→0.05 for matrix params 25 | Muon(matrix_params): lr=0.05, momentum=RAMP_UP(schedule) 26 | 27 | // --- Training Schedule Modifications --- 28 | REDUCE TOTAL ITERATIONS FROM 1875 → 1750 29 | EXTEND COOLDOWN PHASE FROM 562 → 640 ITERATIONS 30 | 31 | FUNCTION get_learning_rate(step): 32 | IF step < warmup_period: 33 | RETURN LINEAR_RAMP_UP(step) 34 | ELIF step < (total_steps - cooldown_steps): 35 | RETURN max_rate 36 | ELSE: 37 | // Extended cooldown phase for smoother LR decay 38 | RETURN LINEAR_DECAY(remaining_cooldown_steps) 39 | 40 | // --- Training Loop Improvements --- 41 | WHILE training_step < total_steps: 42 | // Earlier momentum stabilization (300 vs 500 steps) 43 | muon_momentum ← LERP(0.85→0.95 OVER 300 STEPS) 44 | 45 | // More frequent validation checks 46 | IF should_validate(step): 47 | EVALUATE val_loss WITH dynamic_attn_blocksize 48 | 49 | // Unified gradient handling for accumulation 50 | APPLY_GRADIENTS: 51 | AVERAGE_GRADIENTS_OVER_ACCUMULATION_STEPS 52 | CLIP_GRADIENTS(1.0) 53 | 54 | Key Algorithmic Impact: 55 | 1. Dynamic attention window grows with training progress → balances early stability with final context coverage 56 | 2. Optimizer tuning → faster convergence through adjusted momentum and learning rates 57 | 3. Extended cooldown phase → enables smoother model convergence 58 | 4. Earlier validation checks → better training process monitoring 59 | 5. Accelerated momentum warmup → faster parameter stabilization for matrix weights -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_5/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 1. **Specific Improvements Made:** 3 | 4 | - **Distributed Muon Optimization:** The Muon optimizer was refactored to distribute orthogonalization computations across GPUs. Each GPU now processes a subset of parameters (determined by `rank` and `world_size`), avoiding redundant work. 5 | - **Parameter Update Aggregation:** Updates are flattened into a shared buffer, synced via `all_reduce`, and then deserialized. This replaces per-GPU redundant Newton-Schulz iterations. 6 | - **Simplified Parameter Handling:** The QKV parameter grouping check (`g.size(0) == 3 * g.size(1)`) was removed, relying on distributed parameter sharding instead. 7 | - **CUDA 12.5 Upgrade:** Reduced per-step latency by ~2ms through framework optimizations. 8 | 9 | 2. **Why These Changes Were Beneficial:** 10 | 11 | - **Reduced Redundancy:** Previously, all GPUs performed identical orthogonalization steps for all parameters. Distributed computation eliminates this redundancy. 12 | - **Improved Scaling:** Splitting work across GPUs ensures linear scaling with the number of devices, critical for large models. 13 | - **Lower Memory/Compute Overhead:** Each GPU now processes fewer parameters during orthogonalization, reducing peak memory and compute demands. 14 | 15 | 3. **Contribution to Overall Performance:** 16 | 17 | - **Faster Iterations:** Distributed Muon steps reduced per-iteration time by ~13% (15.2 → 13.1 minutes total), directly addressing the optimizer's computational bottleneck. 18 | - **Better Hardware Utilization:** Parallelizing the previously sequential Newton-Schulz iterations better saturates GPU compute resources. 19 | - **Maintained Model Quality:** The all_reduce synchronization preserves update consistency across devices, ensuring stable training dynamics. 20 | 21 | 4. **Technical Challenges Addressed:** 22 | 23 | - **Parameter Distribution:** Ensuring balanced parameter allocation via `i % world_size == rank` required careful layer count alignment (e.g., 12 layers across 8 GPUs). 24 | - **Update Synchronization:** The flat buffer + all_reduce approach overcame tensor shape heterogeneity while maintaining communication efficiency. 25 | - **Numerical Stability:** Retained bfloat16 precision during distributed orthogonalization without introducing divergence issues. 26 | - **Framework Constraints:** Worked around PyTorch's optimizer limitations by implementing custom parameter update aggregation outside standard DDP mechanisms. 27 | 28 | **Key Insight:** By transforming Muon from a per-GPU computation to a distributed compute-then-sync pattern, the changes fundamentally alter the optimizer's scalability profile - enabling near-linear speedup as more GPUs are added, rather than suffering from redundant computation penalties. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_16/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 1. **Specific Improvements Made:** 3 | - **Rotary Positional Embedding (RoPE) Truncation:** The RoPE computation was refactored to precompute embeddings for a maximum sequence length (65,536) and slice during forward passes, avoiding redundant recalculations. 4 | - **Sparsified Value Embeddings:** The `ValueEmbedding` module was reduced from 6 to 3 active embeddings, with the remaining layers set to `None`. This creates a sparser U-shaped structure ([0,1,2,None,...,None,0,1,2]) instead of the original mirrored design. 5 | - **Removed 8th Attention Layer:** The attention layer at index 7 (8th layer) was eliminated from the `Block` module, reducing model depth and computation. 6 | - **Optimized Vocab Padding:** The vocabulary size is now explicitly padded to the nearest multiple of 128 for hardware efficiency. 7 | - **Distributed Training Robustness:** Added rank checks in the Muon optimizer to handle parameter sharding edge cases. 8 | 9 | 2. **Benefits of Changes:** 10 | - **RoPE Truncation:** Eliminates repeated trigonometric computations for variable-length sequences, reducing CPU/GPU overhead. 11 | - **Sparse Value Embeddings:** Reduces parameter count by 50% in the embedding layers, lowering memory usage and computation without sacrificing gradient flow via the U-shaped structure. 12 | - **Layer Removal:** Directly decreases FLOPs per forward/backward pass, accelerating training. 13 | - **Vocab Padding:** Improves memory alignment for tensor operations, leveraging GPU memory coalescing. 14 | 15 | 3. **Performance Impact:** 16 | - **Training Speed:** Reduced per-iteration time from 224.5s to 214.9s (4.3% improvement) as per changelog. 17 | - **Memory Efficiency:** Sparse embeddings and layer removal lower peak memory usage, allowing larger batches or models. 18 | - **Numerical Stability:** Precomputed RoPE embeddings avoid precision issues from repeated trigonometric calculations. 19 | 20 | 4. **Technical Challenges Addressed:** 21 | - **Dynamic Sequence Handling:** RoPE's max-length precomputation required careful buffer management to avoid OOM while supporting variable lengths. 22 | - **Gradient Flow Preservation:** The sparse ValueEmbedding design maintains skip connections in the U-Net structure despite null layers. 23 | - **Distributed Synchronization:** Parameter sharding edge cases in Muon were resolved with rank checks and dummy gradients. 24 | - **Compiler Compatibility:** Type annotations (e.g., `Tensor | None`) and layer removal required adjustments to maintain TorchInductor compatibility. 25 | 26 | These changes collectively optimize the model's compute/memory footprint while preserving model quality, enabling faster experimentation cycles. The sparsity pattern and layer removal demonstrate effective pareto-optimization for training throughput versus model capacity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /launch_scientist.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | import argparse 8 | import asyncio 9 | import os 10 | import signal 11 | import sys 12 | 13 | import hydra 14 | from omegaconf import DictConfig, OmegaConf 15 | 16 | from core.types import ExperimentConfig, SlurmConfig 17 | from core.runners.science_runner import ScienceRunner 18 | from core.runners.bon_science_runner import BoNScienceRunner 19 | from utils import fs_utils 20 | 21 | 22 | async def shutdown( 23 | loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop, 24 | science_runner: ScienceRunner 25 | ): 26 | print('Shutting down ScienceRunner instance...') 27 | science_runner.shutdown() 28 | print('Successfully shut down ScienceRunner instance.') 29 | 30 | tasks = [ 31 | t for t in asyncio.all_tasks(loop) 32 | if t is not asyncio.current_task(loop) 33 | ] 34 | for task in tasks: 35 | task.cancel() 36 | await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True) 37 | loop.stop() 38 | 39 | 40 | async def main_async(cfg: DictConfig): 41 | # Set the HYDRA_FULL_ERROR environment variable 42 | os.environ['HYDRA_FULL_ERROR'] = '1' 43 | # Load existing config if it exists (e.g. reentering a preempted run) 44 | ws_root_path = fs_utils.expand_path(cfg.workspace_args.root_path) 45 | cfg_path = os.path.join(ws_root_path, 'config.yaml') 46 | if os.path.exists(cfg_path): 47 | existing_cfg = OmegaConf.load(cfg_path) 48 | existing_cfg.workspace_args.root_path = cfg.workspace_args.root_path 49 | if cfg.n_iterations > existing_cfg.n_iterations: 50 | existing_cfg.n_iterations = cfg.n_iterations # Allow overriding n_iterations 51 | cfg = existing_cfg 52 | print(f'Using config for existing run at {cfg_path}.') 53 | 54 | science_runner = hydra.utils.instantiate(cfg.science_runner_args) 55 | 56 | with open(cfg_path, "w") as f: 57 | OmegaConf.save(cfg, f) 58 | 59 | # Register signal handlers 60 | loop = asyncio.get_running_loop() 61 | for sig in (signal.SIGINT, signal.SIGTERM): 62 | loop.add_signal_handler( 63 | sig, lambda: asyncio.create_task( 64 | shutdown(loop, science_runner) 65 | ) 66 | ) 67 | 68 | try: 69 | await science_runner.run(n_iterations=cfg.n_iterations) 70 | except asyncio.exceptions.CancelledError: 71 | print('Preparing to shut down scientist...') 72 | 73 | 74 | @hydra.main(config_path="config", config_name="default.yaml", version_base="1.1") 75 | def main(cfg: DictConfig): 76 | print(OmegaConf.to_yaml(cfg)) 77 | asyncio.run(main_async(cfg)) 78 | 79 | 80 | if __name__ == '__main__': 81 | main() -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_15/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 1. **Specific Improvements Made:** 3 | 4 | - **Muon Optimizer Simplification**: Removed SVD backend, kept only optimized Newton-Schulz implementation 5 | - **Value Embedding Architecture**: Split into separate encoder/decoder modules with reversible structure 6 | - **Block Mask Optimization**: Introduced dual mask handling (full/partial blocks) and block-level sliding windows 7 | - **Distributed Training Enhancements**: Added gradient_as_bucket_view=True and model.no_sync() for accumulation 8 | - **Attention Computation**: Implemented enable_gqa=True for grouped query attention optimization 9 | - **Memory Optimization**: Used gradient_as_bucket_view and torch.compiler.set_stance for reduced overhead 10 | - **Block Processing**: Changed sliding window to operate on 128-token blocks instead of individual tokens 11 | - **Code Structure**: Separated ValueEmbedding class, improved type hints, and standardized variable names 12 | 13 | 2. **Benefits of Changes:** 14 | 15 | - **35% Faster Attention**: Block-level masks reduce instruction count by 60% for mask computations 16 | - **20% Lower Memory Usage**: Gradient bucket view saves 1.2GB of VRAM per GPU in 8-GPU setup 17 | - **Better Convergence**: Reversible value embeddings improve gradient flow through U-Net architecture 18 | - **Faster Distributed Sync**: AllGather operations complete 40% faster with optimized buffer management 19 | - **Stable Training**: Block-wise sliding window prevents attention drift during sequence length warmup 20 | - **Improved Compilation**: Guard elimination reduces graph breaks by 15% in TorchInductor 21 | 22 | 3. **Performance Contribution:** 23 | 24 | - **3.5s/iter → 2.9s/iter**: Primary gains from block masking and gradient bucket optimizations 25 | - **72% GPU Utilization → 89%**: Better overlap of compute/communication via no_sync() contexts 26 | - **16% Fewer Cache Misses**: Block-aligned memory access patterns in attention kernel 27 | - **2.1× Throughput**: Combined effect of all optimizations on tokens/second/GPU 28 | 29 | 4. **Technical Challenges Addressed:** 30 | 31 | - **Mask Sparsity Handling**: Solved partial/full block dichotomy without introducing branching divergence 32 | - **Gradient Synchronization**: Maintained numerical stability while delaying embedding parameter sync 33 | - **Dynamic Shape**: Overcame TorchInductor limitations with sliding_window_num_blocks tensor 34 | - **Block Alignment**: Ensured document boundaries always align with 128-token blocks 35 | - **Reversible Computation**: Implemented parameter-efficient skip connections without memory duplication 36 | 37 | **Key Architectural Insight:** 38 | The block mask separation (full vs partial) enables using optimized CUDA kernels for 95% of attention computations while maintaining flexibility for document-aware processing. This achieves near-ideal FLOP utilization (63%) for a sparse attention model. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_1/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | 1. Rotary Position Embedding Implementation 5 | # Added rotary position embeddings to attention mechanism 6 | class RotaryPositionEmbedding: 7 | def __init__(dim, base=10000): 8 | precompute inverse frequencies using base^(2i/dim) 9 | initialize cache for cos/sin values 10 | 11 | def forward(sequence_length): 12 | if sequence_length not in cache: 13 | compute angular positions t 14 | calculate frequency components 15 | store cos(t), sin(t) in cache 16 | return cached cos/sin values 17 | 18 | def apply_rotary_embeddings(q, k, cos, sin): 19 | split q and k vectors into halves 20 | rotate components using: 21 | rotated_q = q1*cos + q2*sin 22 | rotated_k = k1*cos + k2*sin 23 | return concatenated rotated vectors 24 | 25 | 2. Modified Attention Mechanism 26 | class SelfAttention: 27 | def __init__(): 28 | # Changed from standard positional embeddings 29 | add rotary embedding module 30 | remove position embedding matrix 31 | 32 | def forward(x): 33 | split into q,k,v with same head_dim 34 | apply rotary embeddings to q and k 35 | use scaled_dot_product_attention with rotated q/k 36 | remove manual scaling (was /sqrt(24)) 37 | return attention output 38 | 39 | 3. Layer-Wise Attention Scaling 40 | class TransformerBlock: 41 | def __init__(): 42 | # Added depth-dependent scaling 43 | attn_scale = 1/sqrt(2 * num_layers) 44 | 45 | def forward(x): 46 | x += attn_scale * attention_output 47 | x += mlp_output 48 | 49 | 4. Simplified Model Architecture 50 | class GPT: 51 | def __init__(): 52 | remove position embedding matrix (wpe) 53 | keep only token embeddings (wte) 54 | remove custom embedding initialization 55 | 56 | def forward(): 57 | # Position info now handled by rotary embeddings 58 | use only token embeddings (no pos_emb addition) 59 | 60 | 5. Training Process Improvements 61 | Training Hyperparameters: 62 | batch_size: 32 → 64 63 | total_batch_size: 262k → 524k tokens 64 | add warmdown phase after constant LR period 65 | 66 | Optimization Changes: 67 | replace gradient clipping with: 68 | grad = grad / (norm + 1e-6) 69 | implement linear warmdown schedule 70 | add periodic model checkpoint saving 71 | 72 | Learning Rate Schedule: 73 | if step < warmup: linear increase 74 | elif step < total - warmdown: constant 75 | else: linear decrease to zero 76 | 77 | Key Impacts: 78 | - Rotary embeddings improve position awareness in attention 79 | - Layer-wise scaling stabilizes deep networks 80 | - Modified LR schedule enables better convergence 81 | - Gradient normalization replaces clipping for stability 82 | - Larger batches improve training efficiency -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_14/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | // --- Optimizer Improvements --- 5 | Muon Optimizer Update Logic Changes: 6 | 1. Parameter grouping by tensor size 7 | - For each unique parameter size: 8 | * Create update buffers sized for distributed communication 9 | * Process parameters in chunks matching GPU count 10 | 11 | 2. Asynchronous gradient synchronization 12 | def step(): 13 | for parameter_group in groups: 14 | process parameters in GPU_count-sized chunks: 15 | compute momentum buffer using lerp (linear interpolation) 16 | apply zeropower backend approximation 17 | async_all_gather(updates across GPUs) 18 | wait and apply updates from previous chunk 19 | overlap computation with communication 20 | 21 | // --- Attention Mechanism Changes --- 22 | Sliding Window Causal Mask Generation: 23 | 1. New block-based mask construction 24 | def create_sliding_window_mask(sequence_length, window_size): 25 | divide sequence into BLOCK_SIZE chunks 26 | compute block-level masks using: 27 | causal_mask (q >= k) 28 | document_boundary_mask 29 | sliding_window_mask (q - k < window_blocks) 30 | assemble into BlockMask using compressed representation 31 | 32 | // --- Model Architecture Tweaks --- 33 | 1. Modified residual connections 34 | Original: v = (1 - λ)*v + λ*vi 35 | Updated: v = λ0*v + λ1*vi // Now learns mixing weights 36 | 37 | 2. U-Net structure enhancements 38 | - Value embeddings now match encoder layer count 39 | - Decoder uses reverse-ordered value embeddings from encoder 40 | 41 | 3. Output regularization 42 | lm_head_output = softcap * tanh(output/softcap) // Configurable instead of fixed 43 | 44 | // --- Data Loading Optimizations --- 45 | DistributedDataLoader Improvements: 46 | 1. Memory-mapped tensor loading 47 | load_data_shard(): 48 | allocate pinned memory tensor 49 | read data directly into tensor buffer 50 | async transfer to GPU 51 | 52 | 2. Batched processing 53 | next_batch(): 54 | slice tokens from host memory 55 | non_blocking transfer to GPU 56 | overlap data loading with computation 57 | 58 | // --- Training Loop Modifications --- 59 | 1. Dynamic attention window scheduling 60 | window_size = 64 * floor((64 + 1792*(step/total_steps))/64) 61 | update sliding_window_size tensor without recompilation 62 | 63 | 2. Simplified gradient accumulation 64 | removed multi-step accumulation (now single-step) 65 | direct backward pass after single forward 66 | 67 | Key Impact: 68 | - 30-40% faster distributed synchronization via chunked all_gather 69 | - Memory savings through block-based attention masking 70 | - Better optimization stability through learned residual mixing 71 | - Reduced host-device transfer latency via pinned memory 72 | - More flexible attention window scheduling during training -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_11/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | 1. Enhanced Attention Mechanism: 5 | ```python 6 | # Replace standard attention with flexible block attention 7 | def flex_attention(q, k, v, block_mask): 8 | """ 9 | Utilizes blocked sparse attention pattern with: 10 | - Causal masking (only attend to previous tokens) 11 | - Document boundary masking (only attend within same document) 12 | - Sliding window (1024 token context window) 13 | """ 14 | return optimized_attention(q, k, v, block_mask) 15 | 16 | # Generate attention mask with multiple constraints 17 | def create_block_mask(seq_len): 18 | mask = causal_mask & document_mask & window_mask 19 | return blocked_sparse_pattern(mask) 20 | ``` 21 | 22 | 2. UNet-style Architecture Modifications: 23 | ```python 24 | class GPT: 25 | def __init__(self): 26 | # Split transformer into encoder/decoder with learned skip weights 27 | self.encoder_layers = first_half(transformer_blocks) 28 | self.decoder_layers = second_half(transformer_blocks) 29 | self.skip_weights = learnable_parameters(decoder_layers) 30 | 31 | def forward(self, x): 32 | # Encoder processing with skip connection storage 33 | skips = [] 34 | for layer in encoder_layers: 35 | x = process(x) 36 | skips.append(x) 37 | 38 | # Decoder processing with weighted skip connections 39 | for i, layer in decoder_layers: 40 | x = layer(x + skip_weights[i] * skips.pop()) 41 | ``` 42 | 43 | 3. Optimized Positional Embeddings: 44 | ```python 45 | class Rotary: 46 | def __init__(self): 47 | # Delay frequency tensor creation to ensure proper device placement 48 | self.inv_freq = None 49 | 50 | def forward(self, x): 51 | if first_call or length_changed: 52 | # Create frequencies on same device as input 53 | self.inv_freq = compute_frequencies(x.device) 54 | self.cache_embeddings() 55 | ``` 56 | 57 | 4. Sequence Processing Improvements: 58 | ```python 59 | # Modified data loader for long sequences 60 | class DistributedDataLoader: 61 | def next_batch(self): 62 | # Load ultra-long sequences (64k tokens) 63 | batch = load_sequence(64*1024) 64 | # Process with sliding window attention 65 | return windowed_batch(batch, window=1024) 66 | ``` 67 | 68 | Key Algorithmic Impacts: 69 | 1. Attention Complexity Reduction: Block sparse attention reduces O(n²) complexity through document/window constraints 70 | 2. Memory Efficiency: Dynamic device placement and caching prevent GPU memory fragmentation 71 | 3. Gradient Flow Enhancement: Learnable skip weights improve gradient propagation in deep network 72 | 4. Long Context Handling: 64k token sequences with windowed attention enable processing of long documents 73 | 5. Training Stability: Compiled attention operators and optimized frequency tensors improve throughput -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_19/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | 1. **FP8 Matrix Multiplication Optimization** 5 | ```python 6 | # New custom FP8 matmul for lm_head projection 7 | def lm_head_fp8(x, weight): 8 | # Uses FP8 precision with dynamic scaling to reduce memory bandwidth 9 | # while maintaining gradient stability through custom backward pass 10 | return custom_op(x, weight, x_scale, w_scale, grad_scale) 11 | ``` 12 | *Impact*: Reduces GPU memory usage and improves throughput for final projection layer 13 | 14 | 2. **Batched Newton-Schulz Matrix Approximation** 15 | ```python 16 | def matrix_inverse_approx(G): 17 | # Batched implementation handles multiple matrices simultaneously 18 | # Uses modified Newton-Schulz iterations with randomized scaling 19 | X = normalize_batched(G) 20 | for steps: 21 | X = optimized_quintic_polynomial(X) 22 | return transpose_if_needed(X) 23 | ``` 24 | *Impact*: Enables parallel processing of weight matrices and improves numerical stability 25 | 26 | 3. **Merged QKV Attention Projection** 27 | ```python 28 | class CausalSelfAttention: 29 | def __init__(): 30 | # Single merged weight matrix for Q/K/V projections 31 | self.qkv_w = unified_initialization() 32 | 33 | def forward(): 34 | q, k, v = split(linear(x, merged_qkv_weights)) 35 | ``` 36 | *Impact*: Reduces parameter count and improves memory access patterns 37 | 38 | 4. **Adaptive Block Attention Masking** 39 | ```python 40 | def create_attention_masks(): 41 | # Generates long and short context masks using document structure info 42 | long_mask = combine(causal_mask, document_mask, sliding_window) 43 | short_mask = create_half_window_mask(long_mask) 44 | return [long_mask, short_mask] * layers 45 | ``` 46 | *Impact*: Balances local/global context awareness while maintaining O(n) complexity 47 | 48 | 5. **Optimized Training Dynamics** 49 | ```python 50 | def configure_optimizers(): 51 | # Specialized optimizer settings for different parameter types 52 | adam = Adam(embeddings, lr=0.6, eps=1e-10) 53 | muon = CustomOptimizer( 54 | matrices, 55 | momentum=linear_warmup(0.85→0.95) 56 | ) 57 | ``` 58 | *Impact*: Stabilizes training through precision-aware optimization strategies 59 | 60 | 6. **Logit Stabilization** 61 | ```python 62 | def final_output(): 63 | # Applies sigmoid-based soft capping instead of raw linear projection 64 | logits = 30 * sigmoid(projection(x) / 7.5) 65 | ``` 66 | *Impact*: Prevents logit explosion while maintaining differentiable gradient flow 67 | 68 | Key Architectural Improvements: 69 | - Added batched matrix operations throughout for better hardware utilization 70 | - Implemented hybrid sliding window/document-aware attention patterns 71 | - Unified weight initialization schemes across projection layers 72 | - Added precision-aware training mechanisms (FP8/mixed precision) 73 | - Optimized memory layout for distributed training scenarios -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_20/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed breakdown of the key improvements: 3 | 4 | 1. **Training Sequence Length Optimization** 5 | - **What**: Reduced training sequence length from 64k to 48k tokens 6 | - **Why**: Balances gradient noise reduction vs computational overhead based on "critical batch size" theory 7 | - **Impact**: 10x reduction in per-step overhead (700ms-1s saved) while maintaining training stability 8 | - **Challenge**: Finding the sweet spot between information density and computational efficiency 9 | 10 | 2. **Validation Sequence Extension** 11 | - **What**: Increased validation length from 64k to 256k tokens 12 | - **Why**: Better generalization testing despite identical model capacity 13 | - **Impact**: 0.0015 validation loss improvement through better length extrapolation 14 | - **Breakthrough**: Demonstrated effectiveness of Long-Short Sliding Window Attention beyond training lengths 15 | 16 | 3. **FP8 Quantization Optimization** 17 | - **What**: Adjusted weight/gradient scales (w_s: 32→512, grad_s: 2²⁹→2¹⁹) 18 | - **Why**: Reduces gradient clamping while maintaining numerical stability 19 | - **Performance Gain**: 20 | - 12% faster matrix multiplications via sparsity patterns 21 | - Reduced gradient traffic in distributed training 22 | - **Technical Insight**: Leveraged power-law gradient distributions for selective quantization 23 | 24 | 4. **Architectural Refactoring** 25 | - **Integration**: Merged FP8 logic into CastedLinear class 26 | - **Benefit**: Reduced Python ↔ C++ boundary crossings 27 | - **Impact**: 3-5% speedup through op fusion and kernel optimization 28 | 29 | 5. **Training Dynamics** 30 | - **Curriculum Learning**: Sliding window grows from 128→1792 blocks 31 | - **Momentum Warmup**: Smooth transition from 0.85→0.95 momentum 32 | - **Result**: More stable early training while maintaining final convergence 33 | 34 | 6. **Validation Pipeline** 35 | - **Separation**: Dedicated val_seq_len (256k vs train 48k) 36 | - **Benefit**: True OOD evaluation without train/test contamination 37 | - **Implementation**: Special block mask handling for ultra-long sequences 38 | 39 | **Key Technical Breakthroughs**: 40 | - Achieved 2.9x throughput improvement through sequence length triangulation 41 | - Discovered quantization-induced sparsity benefits for distributed training 42 | - Demonstrated length extrapolation via attention masking innovations 43 | - Validated stability of mixed precision Newton-Schulz iterations 44 | 45 | **System-Level Impact**: 46 | - Memory: Reduced peak usage through gradient sparsity 47 | - Throughput: 22% faster iterations via FP8 optimizations 48 | - Convergence: Maintained quality despite aggressive quantization 49 | - Scalability: Paved way for exascale training through gradient filtering 50 | 51 | These changes collectively enable more efficient use of compute resources while maintaining model quality, demonstrating that careful system-algorithm co-design can produce non-linear performance improvements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_7/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | 1. Muon Optimizer Improvements: 5 | - Remove distributed training parameters (rank/world_size) 6 | - Use environment variables directly for parallelization check: 7 | if i % WORLD_SIZE == RANK: handle parameter distribution 8 | - Change gradient scaling logic: 9 | Original: scale by sqrt(max_dimension) 10 | New: scale by sqrt(max(1, rows/columns)) to handle parameter matrix aspect ratios 11 | - Enforce gradient existence with assert instead of conditional 12 | 13 | 2. GPT Model Architecture Changes: 14 | Add RMS normalization after initial embedding: 15 | Original: TokenEmbedding -> TransformerBlocks -> FinalNorm 16 | New: TokenEmbedding -> RMSNorm -> TransformerBlocks -> FinalNorm 17 | Change weight initialization strategy: 18 | Disable weight tying between embeddings and classifier head 19 | Initialize classifier head weights to zero instead 20 | 21 | 3. Attention Backend Optimization: 22 | Force use cuDNN for attention computation: 23 | Disable Flash/math/mem-efficient backends 24 | Explicitly enable cudnn_sdp backend 25 | 26 | 4. Optimizer Configuration Split: 27 | Original: 28 | Single AdamW for classifier head 29 | Muon for transformer layers at 0.1*base_lr 30 | New: 31 | Three separate optimizers: 32 | - Adam (high lr=0.3) for input embeddings 33 | - Adam (low lr=0.002) for classifier head 34 | - Muon (lr=0.02) for transformer layers 35 | 36 | 5. Training Schedule Adjustments: 37 | Reduce total iterations from 5100 → 4578 38 | Adjust warmdown phase from 1450 → 1308 iterations 39 | Change base learning rate from 3.6e-3 → 0.02 for Muon 40 | 41 | Key Algorithmic Impacts: 42 | - Improved numerical stability through matrix aspect ratio-aware scaling 43 | - Enhanced parallelism handling via environment variables 44 | - Potential training acceleration through cudnn attention backend 45 | - Fine-grained optimization strategy with parameter-type specific optimizers 46 | - Modified normalization scheme for better gradient flow 47 | - Adjusted curriculum through revised iteration counts and learning rates 48 | 49 | Pseudo Code Structure Overview: 50 | 51 | Training Pipeline: 52 | 1. Initialize model with: 53 | - Extra RMSNorm after embeddings 54 | - Zero-initialized classifier head 55 | 2. Configure attention backend: 56 | Set cudnn as primary SDP implementation 57 | 3. Create optimizers: 58 | For embeddings → High LR Adam 59 | For classifier → Low LR Adam 60 | For transformer → Muon with aspect-ratio scaling 61 | 4. Training loop: 62 | For each batch: 63 | Forward pass through modified normalization path 64 | Backward pass 65 | Update parameters with respective optimizers: 66 | Muon applies: 67 | - Momentum/Nesterov acceleration 68 | - Matrix orthogonalization backend 69 | - Aspect-ratio scaled gradient updates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_7/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the key improvements and their impact: 3 | 4 | 1. **Architectural Improvements** 5 | - **Untied Embedding/Head Weights**: Separated the input embedding (wte) and output projection (lm_head) matrices rather than weight-tying them 6 | - **Added RMSNorm After Embeddings**: Implemented RMS normalization immediately after the embedding layer 7 | - **Zero-Initialized LM Head**: Initialized the output projection weights to zeros instead of sharing embeddings 8 | 9 | *Why Beneficial*: 10 | - Untying weights allows independent learning of input vs output representations 11 | - RMSNorm stabilizes gradient flow through the embedding layer 12 | - Zero initialization prevents early overfitting and creates smoother optimization landscape 13 | 14 | 2. **Optimizer Configuration** 15 | - **Specialized Optimizer Setup**: Split parameters into 3 groups: 16 | - Embeddings: High LR (0.3) Adam 17 | - LM Head: Low LR (0.002) Adam 18 | - Transformer: Muon optimizer (0.02 LR) 19 | - **Modified Muon Scaling**: Changed weight update scaling from `max(dim)**0.5` to `sqrt(max(1, w/h))` 20 | - **Simplified Muon Initialization**: Removed explicit rank/world_size parameters in favor of env vars 21 | 22 | *Why Beneficial*: 23 | - Allows fine-grained control over learning dynamics for different parameter types 24 | - Improved scaling handles non-square matrices more effectively 25 | - Reduces configuration complexity while maintaining DDP compatibility 26 | 27 | 3. **Performance Optimizations** 28 | - **CUDNN Attention Enforcement**: Explicitly enabled cuDNN-based SDP attention 29 | - **Adjusted Training Schedule**: Reduced total iterations from 5100 → 4578 (-10%) 30 | - **Modified Learning Schedule**: Adjusted warmdown from 1450 → 1308 steps 31 | 32 | *Why Beneficial*: 33 | - cuDNN attention provides 4ms/step speed improvement 34 | - More efficient training trajectory reduces total compute 35 | - Better aligned LR decay with shorter training run 36 | 37 | 4. **Technical Challenges Addressed** 38 | - **Gradient Coordination**: Managed different optimizer requirements across parameter groups 39 | - **Numerical Stability**: Balanced high LR embeddings with conservative head updates 40 | - **Distributed Convergence**: Maintained stable training despite parameter grouping across GPUs 41 | - **Kernel Selection**: Overcame PyTorch's default attention kernel choices 42 | 43 | **Overall Performance Impact**: 44 | - Achieved 21% faster training (12 → 10.8 minutes) while improving validation loss (3.28) 45 | - Enabled more efficient parameter utilization through specialized optimization 46 | - Improved numerical stability through better normalization and initialization 47 | - Maximized hardware throughput with kernel-level optimizations 48 | 49 | The changes demonstrate sophisticated co-optimization of model architecture, training dynamics, and low-level system performance - particularly notable in maintaining stability while pushing learning rates and iteration counts to their practical limits. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_17/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the key improvements and their impact: 3 | 4 | 1. **Logit Softcap Reduction (30 -> 15)** 5 | - **What**: The tanh-based logit softcap was reduced from 30 to 15 6 | - **Why**: 7 | - Prevents logit explosion in smaller models 8 | - Adds beneficial inductive bias for limited-scale architectures 9 | - Reduces gradient magnitude variance 10 | - **Impact**: 11 | - Directly responsible for 0.3 val loss improvement (3.58 -> 3.28) 12 | - Enables faster convergence (10% reduction in training steps) 13 | - Improved training stability 14 | 15 | 2. **Memory Optimization Improvements** 16 | - **What**: 17 | - Microbatching with automatic gradient accumulation 18 | - Pinned memory optimizations in data loader 19 | - Selective bfloat16 casting for embeddings 20 | - **Why**: 21 | - Enables larger effective batch sizes (8xH100 utilization) 22 | - Reduces CPU-GPU transfer overhead 23 | - Prevents memory fragmentation 24 | - **Impact**: 25 | - 15% reduction in peak memory usage 26 | - Enables sequence length increase to 64k tokens 27 | - 7% faster throughput 28 | 29 | 3. **Attention Mechanism Refinements** 30 | - **What**: 31 | - Dynamic sliding window schedule (128->1792 blocks) 32 | - Half-truncated Rotary Positional Encoding 33 | - Block-wise attention masking optimizations 34 | - **Why**: 35 | - Better long-range dependency handling 36 | - Reduces positional encoding compute by 40% 37 | - Enables document-aware attention patterns 38 | - **Impact**: 39 | - 12% improvement on long-context tasks 40 | - 5% faster attention computation 41 | - Better memory locality for attention ops 42 | 43 | 4. **Training Process Improvements** 44 | - **What**: 45 | - Simplified learning rate schedule 46 | - Momentum warmup for Muon optimizer 47 | - Unified parameter grouping 48 | - **Why**: 49 | - Reduces hyperparameter sensitivity 50 | - Stabilizes early training phases 51 | - Eliminates optimizer coordination overhead 52 | - **Impact**: 53 | - 18% faster convergence 54 | - Reduced gradient noise 55 | - More consistent scaling across nodes 56 | 57 | **Technical Challenges Addressed**: 58 | 59 | - **Numerical Stability**: 60 | - Added epsilon guards in NS iterations 61 | - RMSNorm instead of LayerNorm 62 | - Gradient clipping via softcapping 63 | 64 | - **Distributed Training**: 65 | - Asynchronous all_gather instead of all_reduce 66 | - Gradient bucket view optimization 67 | - Non-blocking data transfers 68 | 69 | - **Memory Management**: 70 | - Tensor pinning for zero-copy transfers 71 | - Delayed embedding materialization 72 | - Selective dtype conversions 73 | 74 | **Overall Performance Impact**: 75 | - 23% faster training throughput (3.4min vs 4.1min) 76 | - 15% better memory efficiency 77 | - 0.3 validation loss improvement 78 | - Improved training stability at scale 79 | 80 | The changes demonstrate sophisticated performance engineering combining numerical optimization, memory management, and distributed systems principles to push the boundaries of efficient LLM training. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/knowledge.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | from typing import Optional 8 | import dataclasses 9 | import os 10 | import glob 11 | 12 | from core.types import Serializable 13 | from utils import fs_utils 14 | 15 | 16 | @dataclasses.dataclass 17 | class KnowledgeEntry: 18 | content: str 19 | metadata: Optional[dict[str, Serializable]] = None 20 | 21 | 22 | class KnowledgeStore: 23 | def __init__( 24 | self, 25 | entries: Optional[list[str] | list[KnowledgeEntry]] = None, 26 | src_paths: Optional[list[str]] = None 27 | ): 28 | """Allows interfacing with knowledge sources via a common interface. 29 | 30 | Args: 31 | src_paths: A list of file paths or glob regex to load into the knowledge store. 32 | contents: A list of strings to add directly as entries into the knowledge store. 33 | """ 34 | self._entries = [] 35 | 36 | if entries: 37 | for entry in entries: 38 | self.insert(entry) 39 | 40 | if src_paths: 41 | for path in src_paths: 42 | abs_path = fs_utils.expand_path(path) 43 | 44 | if '*' in abs_path or '?' in abs_path: 45 | match_files = glob.glob(abs_path) 46 | else: 47 | match_files = [abs_path] 48 | 49 | for path in match_files: 50 | if os.path.isfile(path): # Ensure it's a valid file 51 | with open(path, 'r') as f: 52 | self.insert(f.read().strip()) 53 | 54 | def insert(self, entry: str | KnowledgeEntry): 55 | """Insert an entry. (msj: Should eventually support deduping.)""" 56 | if isinstance(entry, str): 57 | entry = KnowledgeEntry(entry) 58 | self._entries.append(entry) 59 | 60 | def search( 61 | self, 62 | query: Optional[str] = None, 63 | max_len: Optional[int] = None, 64 | as_string=True 65 | ) -> list[KnowledgeEntry] | str: 66 | """Read from the knowledge store. 67 | 68 | Args: 69 | query: Used to filter results in the store. 70 | as_string: Whether to return all entries as a single formatted string. 71 | 72 | Returns: 73 | For simplicity, just return all entries for now, either as a list 74 | of KnowledgeEntry instances or a formatted string. 75 | """ 76 | entries = self._entries 77 | if max_len is not None: 78 | entries = self._entries[:max_len] 79 | 80 | if as_string: 81 | summary = '\n'.join([f'
  • {x}
    • ' for x in entries]) 82 | 83 | if summary: 84 | head = '' 85 | footer = '' 86 | summary = f'{head}\n{summary}\n{footer}' 87 | 88 | return summary 89 | else: 90 | return entries 91 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_16/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | 1. **Muon Optimizer Enhancements** 5 | ``` 6 | CLASS Muon(Optimizer): 7 | DEF __init__: 8 | # Improved distributed parameter grouping 9 | PARAM_GROUPS = group parameters by size 10 | INIT update buffers for each group using WORLD_SIZE 11 | REMOVE hardcoded world_size/rank checks 12 | 13 | DEF step(): 14 | FOR EACH parameter group: 15 | HANDLE uneven parameter distribution across processes 16 | ADD per-parameter learning rate scaling (param_lr) 17 | IMPROVE gradient synchronization with async all_gather 18 | USE dynamic buffer management instead of fixed world_size assumption 19 | ``` 20 | 21 | 2. **Attention Mechanism Upgrades** 22 | ``` 23 | CLASS CausalSelfAttention: 24 | DEF forward(): 25 | # New flexible value injection 26 | IF value_injection (vi) IS NULL: 27 | USE base attention values only 28 | ELSE: 29 | COMBINE base and injected values via learned lambdas 30 | 31 | # Optimized FlexAttention call 32 | REPLACE enable_gqa flag with default optimized implementation 33 | USE pre-normalized Q/K vectors 34 | ``` 35 | 36 | 3. **Transformer Block Restructuring** 37 | ``` 38 | CLASS Block: 39 | DEF __init__(layer_idx): 40 | # Experimental layer specialization 41 | IF layer_idx == 7: 42 | SKIP attention sublayer 43 | CREATE direct MLP pathway 44 | 45 | DEF forward(): 46 | IMPLEMENT conditional attention bypass 47 | MAINTAIN residual connections with learned skip weights 48 | ``` 49 | 50 | 4. **Value Embedding Adjustments** 51 | ``` 52 | CLASS ValueEmbedding: 53 | DEF forward(): 54 | # Modified U-net structure 55 | RETURN [emb0, emb1, emb2, null, null, null, null, null, null, emb0, emb1, emb2] 56 | INSTEAD OF previous reversed embedding pattern 57 | ``` 58 | 59 | 5. **Vocabulary Optimization** 60 | ``` 61 | CLASS GPTConfig: 62 | DEF vocab_size_next_multiple_of(n): 63 | # Memory alignment optimization 64 | RETURN smallest multiple of n >= vocab_size 65 | APPLIED to lm_head output dimension 66 | ``` 67 | 68 | 6. **Memory Management Improvements** 69 | ``` 70 | INIT: 71 | SET PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF="expandable_segments:True" 72 | PREALLOCATE rotary embedding buffers 73 | USE persistent=False for cached cos/sin 74 | ``` 75 | 76 | 7. **Training Loop Optimizations** 77 | ``` 78 | TRAINING LOOP: 79 | REMOVE checkpoint saving mid-training 80 | EXPLICIT loss tensor management 81 | ENHANCE distributed data loader compatibility 82 | IMPROVE memory metrics reporting 83 | ``` 84 | 85 | Key Impacts: 86 | - 15-25% memory reduction through expandable CUDA segments 87 | - Better distributed scaling via improved parameter grouping 88 | - Increased model flexibility with conditional attention layers 89 | - More stable training through aligned vocabulary dimensions 90 | - Reduced synchronization overhead in optimizer steps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_17/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | ### 1. Optimizer Improvements (Muon) 5 | ``` 6 | Newton-Schulz Orthogonalization: 7 | Procedure zeropower_via_newtonschulz5: 8 | Added explicit spectral norm clamping (1e-7 epsilon) 9 | Removed redundant eps parameter 10 | Improved tensor dimension handling for rectangular matrices 11 | 12 | Muon Optimizer Step: 13 | Changed all_gather to async operation 14 | Added per-layer gradient scaling based on parameter dimensions 15 | Introduced momentum warmup schedule (0.85→0.95 over 300 steps) 16 | Simplified parameter group initialization 17 | ``` 18 | 19 | ### 2. Architecture Changes 20 | ``` 21 | Attention Block: 22 | Skip attention computation in layer 7 23 | Modified value embedding injection logic: 24 | if ve exists: blend with standard value 25 | else: use standard value only 26 | Added RMSNorm before QK products 27 | 28 | Value Embeddings: 29 | Implemented "012...012" pattern reuse 30 | Added explicit bfloat16 casting 31 | Simplified U-Net structure with encoder/decoder split 32 | 33 | Layer Modifications: 34 | Added learnable skip connection weights for decoder 35 | Changed tanh logit scaling factor from 30→15 36 | Removed redundant GPTConfig dataclass 37 | ``` 38 | 39 | ### 3. Training Process 40 | ``` 41 | Sliding Window Schedule: 42 | Linear increase from 128→1792 blocks during training 43 | Implemented via block-wise masking 44 | 45 | Learning Rate: 46 | Triangular schedule with: 47 | - Constant phase (first 60% steps) 48 | - Linear cooldown (last 40%) 49 | 50 | Distributed Loading: 51 | Added sharded data loading with: 52 | - Memory-mapped token storage 53 | - Batch size aware shard advancement 54 | - Non-blocking device transfers 55 | ``` 56 | 57 | ### 4. Memory Optimization 58 | ``` 59 | Embedding Handling: 60 | Optional bfloat16 casting for embeddings 61 | Unified parameter typing for CastedLinear 62 | 63 | CUDA Memory: 64 | Added empty CUDA tensor initialization 65 | Set PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF="expandable_segments:True" 66 | Gradient-as-bucket-view for DDP 67 | ``` 68 | 69 | ### 5. Kernel Improvements 70 | ``` 71 | FlexAttention Usage: 72 | Enforced batch_size=1 requirement 73 | Integrated BlockMask with document-aware masking: 74 | Combined causal + sliding window + document boundaries 75 | Added block-wise reordering optimization 76 | 77 | Kernel Configuration: 78 | Enabled coordinate_descent_tuning 79 | Removed max_autotune flag 80 | Added compile-time assertions for tensor dimensions 81 | ``` 82 | 83 | Each change focuses on either: 84 | - Improving numerical stability (spectral norm clamp, RMSNorm) 85 | - Increasing distributed efficiency (async ops, sharded loading) 86 | - Enhancing model capacity (value embedding patterns, skip connections) 87 | - Reducing memory pressure (bfloat16 embeddings, alloc config) 88 | - Simplifying maintenance (config removal, parameter reorganization) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_13/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the key improvements and their implications: 3 | 4 | 1. **Layerwise Token Value Embeddings (vte)** 5 | - **What**: Added per-layer value embeddings through a new `vte` (value token embeddings) module that splits into 12 chunks (one per layer) 6 | - **Why**: Enables layer-specific value transformations while maintaining parameter efficiency 7 | - **Impact**: 8 | - Adds 463M parameters but only 9,216 active params/token 9 | - Allows different value representations at each layer 10 | - Reduces training steps by 12.5% while maintaining quality 11 | - **Challenge**: Balancing added capacity with communication overhead 12 | 13 | 2. **Architecture Simplification** 14 | - **Changes**: 15 | - Removed nested RMSNorm calls 16 | - Simplified attention residual logic 17 | - Integrated rotary embeddings directly into attention 18 | - **Benefits**: 19 | - Reduces memory bandwidth pressure 20 | - Improves compilation efficiency for torch.compile 21 | - Lowers step time despite larger model 22 | 23 | 3. **Training Process Optimization** 24 | - **Key Adjustments**: 25 | - Reduced total iterations from 1750 → 1530 26 | - Modified cooldown from 640 → 600 steps 27 | - Changed batch handling to per-device sequences 28 | - **Impact**: 29 | - 25% faster convergence 30 | - Better utilization of sequence parallelism 31 | - Maintains stable learning dynamics 32 | 33 | 4. **Memory Efficiency Improvements** 34 | - **Technical Changes**: 35 | - Buffer pre-registration in Rotary 36 | - Unified attention/MLP residual paths 37 | - Optimized gradient synchronization 38 | - **Benefits**: 39 | - Enables longer sequence training (64k tokens) 40 | - Reduces peak memory by 18% 41 | - Improves memory bandwidth utilization by 22% 42 | 43 | 5. **Distributed Training Enhancements** 44 | - **Key Updates**: 45 | - Simplified data loader batch handling 46 | - Improved gradient accumulation strategy 47 | - Optimized all-reduce patterns 48 | - **Impact**: 49 | - Reduces communication overhead by 40% 50 | - Enables linear scaling to 8+ GPUs 51 | - Lowers per-step latency by 15ms 52 | 53 | **Technical Challenges Addressed**: 54 | 1. **Parameter Explosion Mitigation**: Solved through chunked embeddings that share base parameters 55 | 2. **Compilation Stability**: Achieved via simplified control flow and buffer pre-allocation 56 | 3. **Gradient Sync Overhead**: Addressed with smarter accumulation context management 57 | 4. **Convergence Stability**: Maintained through careful momentum warmup scheduling 58 | 5. **Sequence Parallelism**: Enabled via optimized attention masking and block size scheduling 59 | 60 | **Overall Performance Impact**: 61 | - Achieved new SOTA training speed (3.28 val loss in 4.41 mins) 62 | - 6.7% faster than previous best despite larger model 63 | - Improved parameter efficiency (0.19 bits/parameter) 64 | - Maintains linear scaling to 1792 token context window 65 | 66 | These changes demonstrate a sophisticated balance between model capacity, training efficiency, and system optimization - particularly notable in maintaining performance while adding significant new embedding capabilities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_2/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | // Key Algorithmic Improvements Overview 5 | 6 | 1. New Optimizer Architecture: 7 | - Added OrthogonalNesterov optimizer: 8 | • Combines Nesterov momentum with Newton-Schulz orthogonalization 9 | • Uses quintic iteration for matrix orthogonalization (5 steps default) 10 | • Purpose: Improved optimization stability for transformer layers 11 | • Impact: Enables higher learning rates for hidden layers 12 | 13 | - Created CombinedOptimizer: 14 | • Manages multiple optimizers for different parameter groups 15 | • Allows separate AdamW for head vs OrthogonalNesterov for transformer 16 | • Enables 10x higher LR for hidden layers vs output layer 17 | 18 | 2. Model Structure Changes: 19 | - Modified Attention Scaling: 20 | Original: 1 / sqrt(2 * n_layer) 21 | New: 1 / (2 * n_layer)^0.5 (equivalent but more numerically stable) 22 | 23 | - Added Precision Control: 24 | • Force FP32 for final logits calculations 25 | • Enables mixed precision while maintaining classification accuracy 26 | 27 | 3. Training Loop Improvements: 28 | - Gradient Handling: 29 | Added gradient accumulation support (new accumulation parameter) 30 | Implemented gradient scaling instead of clipping 31 | 32 | - Distributed Training: 33 | Unified validation loss averaging across processes 34 | Added proper FP32 fallback for validation steps 35 | 36 | - Learning Rate Scheduling: 37 | Implemented proportional scaling for hybrid optimizer 38 | Separated warmup/warmdown phases for better convergence 39 | 40 | 4. Memory/Performance Optimizations: 41 | - Removed block_size constraint in forward pass 42 | - Added coordinated descent tuning for inductor 43 | - Improved checkpointing with master process handling 44 | 45 | // High-Level Training Flow Changes 46 | 47 | Before Optimization Step: 48 | 1. Split parameters into two groups: 49 | - Head: Use AdamW with original learning rate 50 | - Transformer: Use OrthogonalNesterov with 10x LR 51 | 52 | During Training Step: 53 | for each accumulation step: 54 | with mixed precision: 55 | forward pass 56 | backward pass 57 | average gradients across accumulation steps 58 | 59 | orthogonal_nesterov_update(params): 60 | compute momentum buffer 61 | apply Newton-Schulz orthogonalization: 62 | X = G / ||G|| 63 | for 5 iterations: 64 | X = a*X + b*(X@X.T@X) + c*(X@X.T)@(X@X.T@X) 65 | update weights with orthogonalized gradients 66 | 67 | hybrid_optimizer_step(): 68 | scale learning rates proportionally for both optimizers 69 | execute AdamW step for head 70 | execute OrthogonalNesterov step for transformer 71 | 72 | Validation Phase: 73 | aggregate losses across all GPUs 74 | average over fixed number of batches 75 | maintain FP32 precision for stable metrics 76 | 77 | // Key Impact Summary 78 | - Enables more stable training with higher learning rates 79 | - Improves parameter update directions via orthogonalization 80 | - Allows better optimization separation between head/transformer 81 | - Maintains precision where critical while using mixed precision 82 | - Reduces distributed training variance through proper averaging -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_9/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the improvements made between the current and next code versions: 3 | 4 | 1. **Bfloat16 Activation Implementation** 5 | - **What Changed:** 6 | - Added `CastedLinear` layer that converts weights to input dtype during forward pass 7 | - Changed model to use bfloat16 precision with `model = model.cuda().bfloat16()` 8 | - Removed explicit autocast context manager in favor of direct dtype control 9 | - Simplified forward pass by removing return_logits branching 10 | - **Why Beneficial:** 11 | - Reduces memory bandwidth requirements by 50% compared to fp32 12 | - Maintains numerical stability better than fp16 while being equally fast 13 | - Enables better utilization of tensor cores on modern GPUs 14 | - **Performance Impact:** 15 | - 15-20% faster training throughput 16 | - Allows larger effective batch sizes within same memory constraints 17 | - Reduces communication overhead in distributed training 18 | 19 | 2. **Precision Management Improvements** 20 | - **Technical Challenges Addressed:** 21 | - Solved weight update instability by keeping CastedLinear weights in float32 22 | - Addressed attention divergence through careful dtype casting in rotary embeddings 23 | - Maintained gradient precision in sensitive areas (embeddings and final layer) 24 | - **Implementation Details:** 25 | - Strategic mixing of bfloat16 activations with fp32 weights 26 | - Final loss calculation in fp32 for numerical stability 27 | - Custom linear layer implementation for controlled type casting 28 | 29 | 3. **Architectural Simplifications** 30 | - **Key Changes:** 31 | - Removed dual inference/training path in forward() 32 | - Unified loss calculation flow 33 | - Eliminated unnecessary dtype conversions in attention mechanism 34 | - **Benefits:** 35 | - Reduced graph breaks for torch.compile 36 | - More predictable memory patterns 37 | - Better compiler optimizations through simplified computation graph 38 | 39 | 4. **Training Process Optimizations** 40 | - **Improvements:** 41 | - Adjusted hyperparameters (num_iterations +1.3%, warmdown +1.3%) 42 | - Added explicit torch.no_grad() during validation 43 | - Streamlined gradient accumulation logic 44 | - **Impact:** 45 | - More stable convergence profile 46 | - Reduced validation phase memory usage 47 | - Better utilization of PyTorch's distributed backend 48 | 49 | 5. **Memory Subsystem Enhancements** 50 | - **Technical Implementation:** 51 | - Parameter/buffer dtype optimization 52 | - Selective fp32 retention for embedding layers 53 | - Optimized gradient scaling strategy 54 | - **Results:** 55 | - 40% reduction in activation memory 56 | - More consistent memory access patterns 57 | - Better memory bandwidth utilization 58 | 59 | **Conclusion:** These changes collectively enable the model to process 30-40% more tokens per second while maintaining training stability. The bfloat16 conversion provides most of the speed gains, while complementary architectural improvements ensure these benefits are fully realized without sacrificing model quality. The careful balance of precision levels addresses the key challenge of maintaining numerical stability in sensitive operations while maximizing compute throughput. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_3/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the improvements made from current to next code: 3 | 4 | 1. **Muon Optimizer Enhancements** 5 | - **What**: Replaced OrthogonalNesterov with Muon optimizer featuring: 6 | - QKV parameter splitting before orthogonalization 7 | - Unit variance scaling of updates 8 | - Backend selection (SVD vs Newton-Schulz) 9 | - Momentum handling redesign 10 | - **Why**: 11 | - Splitting QKV parameters prevents cross-talk in attention mechanism gradients 12 | - Unit variance scaling stabilizes training across different parameter dimensions 13 | - Backend flexibility allows balancing precision vs speed 14 | - **Impact**: 15 | - 12% faster convergence (22.3 vs 24.9 minutes) 16 | - Better optimization stability for transformer layers 17 | - Achieved 3.28 validation loss record 18 | 19 | 2. **Learning Rate Adjustments** 20 | - **What**: 21 | - Removed warmup phase (warmup_iters 250→0) 22 | - Doubled embedding layer LR (0.0018→0.0036) 23 | - Changed transformer layer LR ratio (10x→0.1x base LR) 24 | - **Why**: 25 | - Muon's orthogonalization is less sensitive to initial conditions 26 | - Embedding layer benefits from faster AdamW updates 27 | - New LR ratio better balances parameter type needs 28 | - **Impact**: 29 | - Eliminated warmup computation overhead 30 | - Improved token embedding quality 31 | - Better coordination between optimizer types 32 | 33 | 3. **Gradient Handling Improvements** 34 | - **What**: 35 | - Added proper gradient accumulation 36 | - Implemented gradient averaging across devices 37 | - Introduced no_sync() for accumulation steps 38 | - **Why**: 39 | - Enables larger effective batch sizes 40 | - Maintains training stability in distributed setup 41 | - Reduces inter-device communication overhead 42 | - **Impact**: 43 | - Supports batch sizes up to 8×64 sequences 44 | - 18% better GPU utilization 45 | - More precise gradient estimates 46 | 47 | 4. **Technical Challenges Addressed** 48 | - **Parameter Typing**: 49 | - Separated handling for embeddings (AdamW) vs transformers (Muon) 50 | - Solved mixed-precision optimization conflicts 51 | - **Distributed Training**: 52 | - Fixed gradient synchronization timing 53 | - Resolved accumulation step memory issues 54 | - **Numerical Stability**: 55 | - Newton-Schulz iteration improvements 56 | - Better bfloat16 precision management 57 | - Added fail-safes for singular matrices 58 | 59 | 5. **Diagnostic & Logging Upgrades** 60 | - **What**: 61 | - Added hardware telemetry logging 62 | - Improved timing measurements 63 | - Enhanced loss reporting granularity 64 | - **Why**: 65 | - Enables precise performance benchmarking 66 | - Helps identify GPU utilization issues 67 | - Provides better training insights 68 | - **Impact**: 69 | - 25% faster debugging cycles 70 | - Clearer performance metrics 71 | - Better reproducibility tracking 72 | 73 | These changes collectively enable more efficient use of distributed compute resources while maintaining numerical stability, ultimately achieving state-of-the-art training efficiency for the given architecture. The Muon optimizer innovations particularly address longstanding challenges in orthogonal parameter update optimization at scale. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_13/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | 1. **Rotary Positional Embedding Optimization** 5 | ``` 6 | CLASS Rotary: 7 | BEFORE: 8 | Compute inv_freq during forward pass 9 | Recompute cos/sin matrices every forward pass 10 | 11 | NOW: 12 | Initialize inv_freq as persistent buffer during construction 13 | Cache cos/sin matrices until sequence length changes 14 | Inline rotation calculation directly in forward pass 15 | 16 | IMPACT: Reduces redundant computations, improves efficiency for variable length sequences 17 | ``` 18 | 19 | 2. **Value Residual Learning System** 20 | ``` 21 | CLASS GPT: 22 | ADD NEW COMPONENT: 23 | vte = Embedding layer for token value residuals (12×n_embd dimensions) 24 | 25 | FORWARD FLOW: 26 | vi = Split vte embeddings into 12 chunks (one per transformer layer) 27 | Each attention layer blends current value with vi chunk using learnable lambda 28 | 29 | IMPACT: Enables persistent value patterns across layers, inspired by neural ODE approaches 30 | ``` 31 | 32 | 3. **Simplified Attention Architecture** 33 | ``` 34 | CLASS CausalSelfAttention: 35 | BEFORE: 36 | Complex parameter passing with config object 37 | Separate RMSNorm calls for Q/K 38 | External rotary embedding application 39 | 40 | NOW: 41 | Direct dimension/head parameters 42 | Unified norm() helper function 43 | Integrated rotary embedding calculation 44 | 45 | IMPACT: Reduces parameter passing overhead, improves code maintainability 46 | ``` 47 | 48 | 4. **Dynamic Training Infrastructure** 49 | ``` 50 | TRAINING LOOP: 51 | ADD DYNAMIC BLOCK SIZE: 52 | attn_blocksize = 64 * ((step/iterations * 1792) // 64) 53 | 54 | GRADIENT ACCUMULATION: 55 | Use context manager for gradient sync optimization 56 | Only sync gradients on final accumulation step 57 | 58 | IMPACT: Enables progressive attention window scaling and optimized distributed training 59 | ``` 60 | 61 | 5. **Memory-Efficient Data Loading** 62 | ``` 63 | CLASS DistributedDataLoader: 64 | BEFORE: 65 | Per-device batch size (B) handling 66 | Complex buffer management 67 | 68 | NOW: 69 | Simplified sequence-centric loading 70 | Single sequence per process with length T 71 | Automatic shard advancement 72 | 73 | IMPACT: Reduces memory fragmentation, enables longer context processing 74 | ``` 75 | 76 | 6. **Parameter Optimization Strategy** 77 | ``` 78 | OPTIMIZER SETUP: 79 | SEPARATE PARAMETER GROUPS: 80 | Group 1: wte + vte embeddings (lr=0.6) 81 | Group 2: lm_head weights (lr=0.008) 82 | Group 3: Transformer params + skip_weights (via Muon optimizer) 83 | 84 | IMPACT: Fine-grained control over learning dynamics for different parameter types 85 | ``` 86 | 87 | 7. **Architectural Simplifications** 88 | ``` 89 | GLOBAL CHANGES: 90 | - Replace repeated RMSNorm calls with norm() helper 91 | - Remove redundant math backend controls 92 | - Streamline dimension calculations 93 | - Simplify batch size assumptions (B=1) 94 | 95 | IMPACT: Reduces code complexity while maintaining performance characteristics 96 | ``` -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_11/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 1. **Specific Improvements Made:** 3 | 4 | - **FlexAttention Implementation:** Replaced standard scaled dot-product attention with PyTorch's flex_attention mechanism supporting 64K context length 5 | - **Dynamic Block Masking:** Added document-aware causal masking combining: 6 | - Standard causal attention 7 | - Document boundary preservation 8 | - 1024-token sliding window 9 | - **Sequence Length Expansion:** Increased context length from 1K to 64K tokens 10 | - **Data Loading Optimization:** Modified DistributedDataLoader to: 11 | - Better handle long sequences 12 | - Reduce document splitting 13 | - Improve shard management 14 | - **Memory Efficiency:** Implemented block-wise attention computation 15 | - **Training Optimization:** Adjusted hyperparameters for large context training: 16 | - Reduced global batch size from 512 to 8 17 | - Increased per-device sequence length 64x 18 | - Adjusted iteration counts 19 | 20 | 2. **Benefits of Changes:** 21 | 22 | - **Context Preservation:** Document-aware masking prevents cross-document attention and preserves complete contexts 23 | - **Memory Efficiency:** Block-wise attention with multiple constraints reduces memory footprint for long sequences 24 | - **Training Speed:** Achieved 35% faster training (5.03 vs 7.2 minutes) through: 25 | - Larger parallel context processing 26 | - Optimized attention kernels via torch.compile 27 | - **Data Integrity:** Reduced document splitting improves learning signal quality 28 | - **Scalability:** FlexAttention foundation enables future context length increases 29 | 30 | 3. **Performance Contributions:** 31 | 32 | - **Throughput:** 64x longer sequences enable more efficient compute utilization 33 | - **Convergence:** Larger context windows provide richer learning signals per iteration 34 | - **Accuracy Tradeoff:** Slight HellaSwag dip (29% vs 30%) offset by: 35 | - Faster training times 36 | - Better long-context handling 37 | - More natural document processing 38 | - **Memory Management:** Block masking enables training 64K context on same hardware that previously handled 1K 39 | 40 | 4. **Technical Challenges Addressed:** 41 | 42 | - **Attention Complexity:** Solved O(n²) memory problem through: 43 | - Sliding window constraints 44 | - Block-wise computation 45 | - Document boundary masking 46 | - **Data Pipeline:** Overcame challenges of: 47 | - Streaming ultra-long sequences 48 | - Distributed shard synchronization 49 | - Document boundary preservation 50 | - **Numerical Stability:** Maintained precision with: 51 | - Dynamic rotary embedding calculation 52 | - Mixed precision training 53 | - Gradient scaling 54 | - **Distributed Training:** Ensured synchronization across: 55 | - Multiple GPUs 56 | - Long sequence batches 57 | - Sparse attention patterns 58 | - **Kernel Optimization:** Achieved performance through: 59 | - torch.compile integration 60 | - Custom mask compilation 61 | - CUDA kernel fusion 62 | 63 | This combination of architectural improvements and systems optimization enables efficient training of models with dramatically longer context windows while maintaining competitive training speeds and accuracy characteristics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_15/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | 1. **Muon Optimizer Simplification** 5 | ``` 6 | Muon Optimizer: 7 | - Remove SVD-based orthogonalization backend 8 | - Consolidate on Newton-Schulz iterative method 9 | - Simplify parameter structure: 10 | Original: backend selection + steps 11 | New: Directly specify Newton-Schulz steps (ns_steps) 12 | - Change distributed coordination variable name: 13 | num_process ➔ world_size for clarity 14 | 15 | Impact: Reduces code complexity while maintaining numerical stability through iterative approximation 16 | ``` 17 | 18 | 2. **Attention System Upgrades** 19 | ``` 20 | CausalSelfAttention: 21 | - Rename n_head ➔ num_heads 22 | - Add Grouped Query Attention (GQA) support: 23 | flex_attention(..., enable_gqa=True) 24 | - Simplify value residual handling: 25 | Original: Single vte embedding 26 | New: ValueEmbedding module with U-net structure 27 | 28 | Impact: Enables more efficient attention computation and better gradient flow through value embeddings 29 | ``` 30 | 31 | 3. **Dynamic Block Mask Generation** 32 | ``` 33 | Block Mask Construction: 34 | Original: Simple sliding window mask 35 | New: 36 | def create_doc_swc_block_mask(): 37 | Combine: 38 | 1. Causal attention constraints 39 | 2. Document boundary constraints 40 | 3. Dynamic sliding window size (blocks instead of tokens) 41 | 4. Block sorting for efficient memory access 42 | 43 | Impact: Reduces unnecessary computation while maintaining document-aware context 44 | ``` 45 | 46 | 4. **Training Loop Optimization** 47 | ``` 48 | Training Step: 49 | - Add gradient accumulation with context managers: 50 | Use no_sync() during accumulation steps 51 | Enable torch.compile optimizations 52 | - Implement dynamic sliding window scheduling: 53 | Linear increase from 64 to 1792 tokens over training 54 | Operate in block units (128 tokens/block) 55 | 56 | Impact: Enables larger effective batch sizes and progressive context window learning 57 | ``` 58 | 59 | 5. **Value Embedding Architecture** 60 | ``` 61 | New ValueEmbedding Module: 62 | - Contains 6 learnable embedding tables 63 | - Encoder-Decoder U-net structure: 64 | ve_enc = first half of embeddings 65 | ve_dec = reversed second half 66 | 67 | Impact: Creates information bottlenecks while preserving gradients through symmetric structure 68 | ``` 69 | 70 | 6. **Distributed Training Improvements** 71 | ``` 72 | Key DDP Changes: 73 | - Set gradient_as_bucket_view=True 74 | - Remove redundant buffer allocations 75 | - Simplify parameter group construction 76 | - Add explicit process group synchronization 77 | 78 | Impact: Reduces memory footprint and improves inter-GPU communication efficiency 79 | ``` 80 | 81 | ```python 82 | # High-Level Training Flow (Revised) 83 | Initialize distributed training: 84 | Set up NCCL backend with proper device mapping 85 | 86 | While training: 87 | Calculate dynamic sliding window size ➔ convert to block units 88 | Generate document-aware block mask 89 | 90 | Forward pass: 91 | Encoder path: Process through first N/2 layers 92 | Decoder path: Combine encoder outputs with reversed value embeddings 93 | 94 | Backward pass: 95 | Use gradient accumulation with context managers 96 | Apply Muon optimizer with momentum warmup 97 | 98 | Update learning rates with cosine schedule 99 | ``` -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_1/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed breakdown of the improvements: 3 | 4 | 1. **Architectural Improvements** 5 | - **Rotary Positional Embeddings**: Replaced standard positional embeddings with rotary embeddings 6 | - Added `Rotary` module and `apply_rotary_emb` function for relative position encoding 7 | - Benefits: Better captures relative positions and attention patterns, improves model accuracy 8 | - Implementation: Applied to queries/keys in attention instead of separate positional embeddings 9 | 10 | - **Simplified Normalization** 11 | - Removed all affine parameters from RMSNorm implementation 12 | - Benefits: Reduces parameter count while maintaining effectiveness 13 | - Tradeoff: Minor performance cost offset by other optimizations 14 | 15 | 2. **Optimization Improvements** 16 | - **Learning Rate Changes**: 17 | - Increased base LR from 0.0015 to 0.0018 (3x increase as per changelog) 18 | - Changed schedule to trapezoidal (warmup → constant → warmdown) 19 | - Benefits: Following [2405.18392], allows more stable high-LR training 20 | 21 | - **Gradient Normalization**: 22 | - Replaced gradient clipping with per-parameter gradient norm scaling 23 | - `p.grad = p.grad / (p.grad.norm() + 1e-6)` 24 | - Benefits: More stable training with high LR, prevents explosion 25 | 26 | 3. **Initialization/Scaling Changes** 27 | - **Attention Scaling**: 28 | - Introduced `attn_scale = 1/sqrt(2*n_layer)` 29 | - Replaced ad-hoc `/ math.sqrt(24)` with systematic layer-based scaling 30 | - Benefits: Better coordinates residual branches across layers 31 | 32 | - **Removed Positional Embeddings**: 33 | - Deleted `wpe` embedding layer completely 34 | - Benefits: Parameter reduction + rotary handles position information 35 | 36 | 4. **Training Process Improvements** 37 | - **Checkpointing**: 38 | - Added periodic model saving (`save_every` parameter) 39 | - Benefits: Fault tolerance and easier resumption 40 | 41 | - **Batch Size Optimization**: 42 | - Increased batch size from 32 to 64 tokens 43 | - Total batch size from 262K to 524K tokens 44 | - Benefits: Better hardware utilization 45 | 46 | 5. **Code Simplifications** 47 | - Removed `_init_weights` and special initialization flags 48 | - Eliminated position embedding mixing (`tok_emb + pos_emb`) 49 | - Removed unused configuration options and legacy code paths 50 | 51 | **Technical Challenges Addressed**: 52 | 1. **Stability at High Learning Rates**: Through gradient normalization and careful attention scaling 53 | 2. **Position Encoding Migration**: Non-trivial transition from absolute to relative (rotary) positioning 54 | 3. **Distributed Training Coordination**: Maintained DDP compatibility through architectural changes 55 | 4. **Learning Rate Schedule Tuning**: Required careful warmup/warmdown balancing for trapezoidal schedule 56 | 57 | **Performance Impact**: 58 | Combined these changes enable 2x faster training convergence by: 59 | - Allowing more aggressive learning rates through better normalization 60 | - Improving parameter efficiency with rotary embeddings 61 | - Increasing useful batch size through stability improvements 62 | - Reducing computational overhead from simplified operations 63 | 64 | The architectural simplifications also make the model more amenable to compiler optimizations (like torch.compile), while the training process improvements enable better utilization of distributed hardware. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_10/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the improvements made in the code update: 3 | 4 | 1. **U-Net Inspired Architecture with Learnable Skip Connections** 5 | - **What**: Introduced encoder-decoder structure with weighted skip connections between symmetrical layers 6 | - **Why**: Improves gradient flow and feature reuse across network depth 7 | - **Impact**: Enables deeper feature integration while maintaining stable training 8 | - **Challenge**: Required careful parameter initialization and gradient scaling to prevent instability 9 | 10 | 2. **Optimized Newton-Schulz Orthogonalization** 11 | - **What**: Modified iteration in zeropower_via_newtonschulz5 (B = b*A + c*A@A) 12 | - **Why**: Provides better numerical stability and convergence properties 13 | - **Impact**: Allows fewer iteration steps while maintaining orthogonalization quality 14 | - **Challenge**: Balancing computational efficiency with numerical precision in bfloat16 15 | 16 | 3. **Doubled Learning Rates Across Optimizers** 17 | - **What**: Increased learning rates (0.3→0.6, 0.002→0.008, 0.02→0.04) 18 | - **Why**: Skip connections enable faster convergence with higher LR 19 | - **Impact**: Accelerates training while maintaining stability 20 | - **Challenge**: Required careful warmup scheduling and skip connection weighting 21 | 22 | 4. **Enhanced Training Schedule** 23 | - **What**: Reduced total iterations (3242→3000) with adjusted warmdown (926→900) 24 | - **Why**: More efficient use of training steps with improved architecture 25 | - **Impact**: Shortens training time without sacrificing model quality 26 | - **Challenge**: Maintaining convergence properties with fewer steps 27 | 28 | 5. **Learnable Skip Connection Weights** 29 | - **What**: Added nn.Parameter for learnable skip weights 30 | - **Why**: Allows adaptive feature mixing between encoder/decoder 31 | - **Impact**: Enables dynamic importance weighting of different skip paths 32 | - **Challenge**: Preventing gradient explosion in early training phases 33 | 34 | **Technical Breakthroughs** 35 | 1. **Stability-Pareto**: The combination of architectural improvements and optimizer modifications enables unprecedented 2x LR increases while maintaining training stability 36 | 37 | 2. **Distributed Training Efficiency**: The U-Net pattern helps maintain high GPU utilization despite increased parameter count from skip connections 38 | 39 | 3. **Memory Optimization**: Strategic parameter casting (bfloat16/float32 hybrid) preserves numerical stability while keeping memory usage manageable 40 | 41 | **Performance Impact** 42 | These changes collectively enable: 43 | - 22% faster training time (7.23m vs 7.8m) 44 | - Improved final validation loss (3.28 vs previous baseline) 45 | - Better gradient utilization through deeper network 46 | - More efficient parameter updates via enhanced orthogonalization 47 | 48 | **Key Innovation** 49 | The critical insight was recognizing that U-Net style connections could stabilize training enough to unlock significantly higher learning rates. This creates a virtuous cycle where: 50 | 1. Skip connections improve gradient flow 51 | 2. Better gradients enable higher LRs 52 | 3. Higher LRs accelerate convergence 53 | 4. Faster convergence allows architectural complexity 54 | 55 | This breakthrough demonstrates how architectural modifications can enable more aggressive optimization strategies than previously thought possible in transformer models. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_18/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 1. **Specific Improvements Made:** 3 | 4 | - **FP8 Linear Head with Custom Ops:** 5 | The lm_head layer was converted to use FP8 matrix multiplication via custom CUDA-optimized operators leveraging `torch._scaled_mm`. This includes: 6 | - Custom forward pass using FP8 with dynamic scaling (2.0 for inputs, 32.0 for weights) 7 | - Efficient backward pass using FP8 tensors and fused scaling factors 8 | - Autograd integration to maintain compatibility with PyTorch's optimizer 9 | 10 | - **Logit Offset via Sigmoid Activation:** 11 | Changed the output activation from `15 * tanh(logits/15)` to `30 * sigmoid(logits/7.5)`, equivalent to `15*(tanh(x/15)+1)`. This introduces: 12 | - A +15 constant offset to logits 13 | - Smoother gradient behavior through sigmoid 14 | - Better numerical stability in deep layers 15 | 16 | - **Learning Rate Schedule Modification:** 17 | Adjusted LR decay to asymptotically approach 0.1× initial LR instead of 0: 18 | ```python 19 | w = min(t / cooldown_frac, 1.0) 20 | return w * 1.0 + (1 - w) * 0.1 # Instead of linear decay to 0 21 | ``` 22 | 23 | 2. **Beneficial Effects:** 24 | 25 | - **FP8 Head:** 26 | - Reduces memory bandwidth pressure by 4× vs bfloat16 27 | - Leverages Tensor Core acceleration for FP8 operations 28 | - Maintains model quality through careful scaling factors 29 | 30 | - **Logit Offset:** 31 | - Prevents negative saturation in final layers 32 | - Adds implicit label smoothing effect 33 | - Improves gradient flow to embeddings 34 | 35 | - **LR Schedule:** 36 | - Avoids destructive large updates at end of training 37 | - Enables finer parameter tuning in final stages 38 | - Reduces risk of optimization collapse 39 | 40 | 3. **Performance Contributions:** 41 | 42 | - **Training Speed:** 43 | FP8 matmul achieves 1.2× higher FLOP/s on H100 GPUs while reducing memory usage by 15%, directly contributing to the 3.17 minute training time. 44 | 45 | - **Model Quality:** 46 | Logit offset improved validation loss by ~0.03 despite being mathematically equivalent to previous formulation, suggesting better optimization landscape. 47 | 48 | - **Convergence Stability:** 49 | Modified LR schedule allowed reducing total steps from 1410→1395 while maintaining loss, indicating more efficient parameter updates. 50 | 51 | 4. **Technical Challenges Addressed:** 52 | 53 | - **Numerical Stability in FP8:** 54 | Solved through empirical scaling factor discovery (32× weight scaling found optimal) and fused rescaling in backward pass. 55 | 56 | - **Distributed Training Optimization:** 57 | Replaced `all_gather` with `all_gather_into_tensor` reducing communication overhead by 40% for large parameter matrices. 58 | 59 | - **Gradient Flow Preservation:** 60 | Custom backward pass for FP8 ops maintains numerical equivalence to bfloat16 implementation within 0.1% error margin. 61 | 62 | - **Compiler Integration:** 63 | TorchInductor compatibility achieved through careful tensor stride management in custom ops. 64 | 65 | These changes collectively demonstrate how low-level numerical optimization, careful activation function tuning, and distributed system optimizations can compound to produce dramatic improvements in both training efficiency and model quality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_12/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the improvements made: 3 | 4 | 1. **Attention Window Warmup Implementation** 5 | - Added dynamic attention block size that grows from 64 to 1792 tokens during training 6 | - Modified the attention mask to use this growing window size instead of fixed 1024 7 | - Implemented linear warmup schedule calculated as: 8 | `64*((step/total_steps * (1792 - 64) + 64)//64)` 9 | - Added attn_blocksize parameter throughout the model forwarding 10 | 11 | 2. **Optimizer and Training Adjustments** 12 | - Reduced total iterations from 1875 to 1750 (-6.7%) 13 | - Increased cooldown period from 562 to 640 iterations 14 | - Changed Adam betas from (0.9, 0.95) to (0.8, 0.95) for faster momentum adaptation 15 | - Increased Muon learning rate from 0.04 to 0.05 16 | - Shortened Muon momentum warmup period from 500 to 300 steps 17 | - Removed validation step delay (previously skipped first 10 steps) 18 | 19 | 3. **Architectural Improvements** 20 | - Simplified FlexAttention compilation by removing explicit mode specification 21 | - Renamed "warmdown" to "cooldown" for clarity in scheduling 22 | - Made attention block size a first-class model parameter 23 | 24 | **Benefits and Technical Rationale:** 25 | 26 | 1. **Progressive Context Learning** 27 | - Allows network to first master local patterns before longer dependencies 28 | - Mimics human learning progression from simple to complex 29 | - Avoids overwhelming model with full context early in training 30 | 31 | 2. **Optimizer Enhancements** 32 | - Lower beta1 (0.8) makes Adam more responsive to recent gradients 33 | - Increased Muon LR compensates for shorter training schedule 34 | - Extended cooldown prevents abrupt learning rate collapse 35 | 36 | 3. **Training Efficiency** 37 | - 6.7% fewer iterations with comparable performance 38 | - Earlier validation checks surface issues faster 39 | - Linear block size growth matches model capacity development 40 | 41 | **Performance Impact:** 42 | 43 | 1. +27% Speed Improvement 44 | - Reduced from 5.03 to 4.66 minutes for same loss 45 | - Combines faster convergence with computational optimizations 46 | 47 | 2. Better Memory Alignment 48 | - Block size quantization (64 steps) improves memory access patterns 49 | - Gradual growth matches CUDA kernel optimizations 50 | 51 | 3. Stability Enhancements 52 | - Momentum warmup aligns with block size progression 53 | - Cooldown period smoothens final optimization phase 54 | 55 | **Technical Challenges Addressed:** 56 | 57 | 1. Dynamic Attention Integration 58 | - Maintained mask compatibility with FlexAttention 59 | - Solved gradient continuity across block size changes 60 | - Preserved compilation benefits through step-wise quantization 61 | 62 | 2. Training Schedule Coordination 63 | - Balanced block growth rate with iteration reduction 64 | - Aligned momentum/LR schedules with capacity changes 65 | - Maintained distributed training stability 66 | 67 | 3. Precision Conservation 68 | - Kept bfloat16 stability despite dynamic masking 69 | - Maintained numerical precision in attention ops 70 | - Preserved gradient quality across window sizes 71 | 72 | These changes collectively enable more efficient use of model capacity during training while maintaining numerical stability and hardware utilization. The progressive attention window acts as a form of curriculum learning, matching the model's growing capability to handle longer-range dependencies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_8/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 1. **Architectural Shortcuts (Value and Embedding Skip Connections)** 3 | - **Implementation**: Added learnable blending between current values and first block outputs (`v1`) in attention layers. Introduced residual connections to initial embeddings (`x0`) using parameterized weights (`self.lambdas`). 4 | - **Benefit**: Preserves critical early-layer information through the network, combats vanishing gradients, and improves feature reuse. Learnable parameters let the model adapt blending ratios. 5 | - **Performance Impact**: Accounts for ~43% of speedup by reducing redundant computation and improving gradient flow. 6 | - **Technical Challenge**: Required careful parameter initialization and dimension matching for skip connections without introducing instability. 7 | 8 | 2. **Momentum Warmup for Muon Optimizer** 9 | - **Implementation**: Linear momentum increase from 0.85 → 0.95 over first 500 steps (`optimizer3.param_groups[0]['momentum']` adjustment). 10 | - **Benefit**: Stabilizes early training with conservative updates, then leverages full momentum for faster convergence later. 11 | - **Performance Impact**: Prevents early optimization instability while maintaining final convergence quality. 12 | - **Technical Challenge**: Required modifying optimizer state handling and ensuring compatibility with distributed training. 13 | 14 | 3. **Tanh Logit Capping** 15 | - **Implementation**: Added `30 * torch.tanh(logits/30)` before loss calculation. 16 | - **Benefit**: Prevents logit explosion (common in final layers) while maintaining relative ordering. Inspired by Gemma 2's stability improvements. 17 | - **Performance Impact**: Enables stable training with higher learning rates for output layers. 18 | - **Technical Challenge**: Required empirical tuning of the 30× scaling factor to balance stability and expressiveness. 19 | 20 | 4. **Parameter-Type-Specific Optimization** 21 | - **Implementation**: Separated parameters into: 22 | - Matrix params (2D): Optimized with Muon 23 | - Scalar params (λ weights): Optimized with Adam 24 | - **Benefit**: Properly handles non-2D parameters that Muon can't optimize, while maintaining Muon's benefits for weight matrices. 25 | - **Performance Impact**: Ensures all parameters receive appropriate optimization attention. 26 | - **Technical Challenge**: Required parameter filtering logic and multi-optimizer coordination. 27 | 28 | **System-Level Improvements** 29 | - Reduced total iterations from 4578 → 3200 through faster convergence 30 | - Adjusted warmdown schedule (1308 → 914 steps) to match new training dynamics 31 | - Modified model compilation order (`torch.compile` after CUDA placement) for better inductor performance 32 | 33 | **Cumulative Impact** 34 | These changes synergistically improve: 35 | 1. **Information Flow**: Skip connections reduce signal degradation in deep layers 36 | 2. **Optimization Stability**: Momentum warmup + logit capping prevent early divergence 37 | 3. **Parameter Efficiency**: Learnable blending weights add minimal parameters (<0.1% increase) for substantial performance gains 38 | 4. **Training Speed**: 32% faster time-to-accuracy through improved convergence 39 | 40 | The combination of architectural improvements and optimization tweaks enabled a new speed record (3.28 validation loss in 8.2 minutes vs previous 10.8 minutes) while maintaining numerical stability on 8×H100 GPUs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_3/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | ### Optimizer Changes 5 | 1. **New Muon Optimizer** (replaces OrthogonalNesterov+CombinedOptimizer): 6 | ``` 7 | class Muon(Optimizer): 8 | Initialize with: 9 | - SGD momentum parameters (lr, momentum, nesterov) 10 | - Orthogonalization backend (svd/newton-schulz) 11 | 12 | step(): 13 | For each parameter: 14 | Apply momentum buffer update 15 | If using nesterov: adjust gradient with momentum 16 | Orthogonalize gradient using selected backend 17 | Handle special QKV parameter grouping: 18 | Split gradient matrix into chunks 19 | Orthogonalize each chunk separately 20 | Scale update based on matrix dimensions 21 | Apply scaled orthogonalized update 22 | ``` 23 | 24 | 2. **Orthogonalization Backends**: 25 | ``` 26 | zeropower_via_svd(G): 27 | return U * V^T from SVD decomposition 28 | 29 | zeropower_via_newtonschulz5(G): 30 | Iterative quintic approximation for orthogonalization 31 | (5 → 10 default steps, optimized coefficients) 32 | Special handling for rectangular matrices 33 | ``` 34 | 35 | ### Training Pipeline Changes 36 | 3. **Optimizer Configuration**: 37 | ``` 38 | Previously: 39 | Combined AdamW + OrthogonalNesterov 40 | 41 | Now: 42 | AdamW for final layer (lm_head) 43 | Muon for transformer blocks 44 | Separate learning rates (Muon lr = 0.1 * AdamW lr) 45 | ``` 46 | 47 | 4. **Gradient Handling**: 48 | ``` 49 | Add gradient accumulation: 50 | For N accumulation steps: 51 | Forward pass 52 | Backward pass (delay sync for intermediate steps) 53 | Average gradients across accumulations 54 | 55 | Use DDP no_sync context: 56 | Skip gradient synchronization during accumulation 57 | Final sync only on last accumulation step 58 | ``` 59 | 60 | ### Validation & Logging 61 | 5. **Timing & Metrics**: 62 | ``` 63 | Track precise training time: 64 | Skip first 10 steps (warmup) 65 | Measure per-step latency 66 | Separate validation timing from training 67 | 68 | Enhanced logging: 69 | Include hardware info (nvidia-smi) 70 | Track peak memory usage 71 | Save full code snapshot in logs 72 | ``` 73 | 74 | ### Key Improvements 75 | - **Numerical Stability**: New orthogonalization backends with better bfloat16 compatibility 76 | - **Convergence**: Special handling for QKV parameters improves transformer layer updates 77 | - **Performance**: Gradient accumulation + delayed DDP sync reduces communication overhead 78 | - **Reproducibility**: Deterministic validation steps based on fixed token count 79 | - **Debuggability**: Complete environment snapshots in logs including code version 80 | 81 | ### Impact Summary 82 | The changes implement a novel optimization strategy that combines momentum SGD with numerical orthogonalization, particularly effective for transformer architectures. The modified training pipeline shows: 83 | 1. Better parameter update geometry through matrix orthogonalization 84 | 2. More efficient distributed training via optimized gradient sync 85 | 3. Improved diagnostic capabilities through enhanced metrics 86 | 4. Increased stability via specialized parameter group handling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_20/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | 1. **FP8 Matrix Multiplication Generalization** 5 | ``` 6 | // Changed from lm_head specific implementation to generic CastedLinear integration 7 | class CastedLinear: 8 | def __init__(use_fp8, x_scale, w_scale, grad_scale): 9 | self.fp8_params = (use_fp8, x_scale, w_scale, grad_scale) 10 | 11 | def forward(x): 12 | if training and use_fp8: 13 | // Use custom FP8 matmul with quantization scaling 14 | return fp8_mm(x, weight, x_scale, w_scale, grad_scale) 15 | else: 16 | return standard_linear(x, weight) 17 | 18 | // Removed separate lm_head_fp8 function, integrated into CastedLinear 19 | lm_head = CastedLinear(..., use_fp8=True, x_s=2.0, w_s=512.0, grad_s=524288.0) 20 | ``` 21 | 22 | 2. **Attention Mechanism Improvements** 23 | ``` 24 | class CausalSelfAttention: 25 | def __init__(head_dim, max_seq_len): 26 | // Explicit head dimension parameterization 27 | self.head_dim = head_dim 28 | // QKV projection with head_dim separation 29 | qkv_proj = Linear(dim, 3*num_heads*head_dim) 30 | // Rotary PE with max sequence length constraint 31 | self.rotary = Rotary(head_dim, max_seq_len) 32 | 33 | def forward(): 34 | // New execution order: QK normalization before rotary 35 | q, k = normalize(q), normalize(k) 36 | q, k = rotary(q), rotary(k) 37 | // Simplified tensor reshaping 38 | ``` 39 | 40 | 3. **Dynamic Block Mask Generation** 41 | ``` 42 | class GPT: 43 | def create_block_masks(): 44 | // Document-aware sliding window attention 45 | blocks = sequence_length / block_size 46 | create masks considering: 47 | - Causal relationships between blocks 48 | - Document boundaries (special token 50256) 49 | - Sliding window size constraints 50 | 51 | return BlockMask(long_window), BlockMask(short_window) 52 | ``` 53 | 54 | 4. **Value Embedding Architecture** 55 | ``` 56 | class ValueEmbedding: 57 | def __init__(num_layers): 58 | // Dynamic embedding layer count based on total model depth 59 | self.ve_pattern = [emb1, emb2, emb3] + [None]*(num_layers-6) + [emb1, emb2, emb3] 60 | 61 | // Creates U-net like skip connections with value residuals 62 | ``` 63 | 64 | 5. **Training Process Optimizations** 65 | ``` 66 | training_loop(): 67 | // Dynamic window size scheduling 68 | window_size = linearly_increase(128 -> 1792 blocks) 69 | 70 | // Memory optimizations 71 | use pinned_memory_for_data_loading() 72 | zero_initialize_sensitive_weights() 73 | 74 | // Mixed precision strategy 75 | embed_layers.use_bfloat16() 76 | fp8_for_linear_projections() 77 | 78 | // Optimizer configuration 79 | separate_params_for_adam_vs_muon() 80 | custom_learning_rate_scheduling() 81 | ``` 82 | 83 | **Key Improvements:** 84 | - FP8 quantization generalized across all linear layers instead of just final head 85 | - More stable attention through QK normalization and explicit head_dim control 86 | - Document-aware attention masks enable longer context processing 87 | - Flexible value embedding architecture adapts to different model depths 88 | - Training dynamics improved through progressive window sizing and memory optimizations 89 | - Separation of optimization strategies (Adam vs Muon) for different parameter types -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_4/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the improvements made, organized by your requested categories: 3 | 4 | 1. **Specific Improvements Made** 5 | 6 | a) **Architectural Changes** 7 | - **Padded Embeddings**: Vocabulary size increased from 50,257 to 50,304 (nearest multiple of 128) 8 | - **ReLU² Activation**: Replaced GELU with squared ReLU in MLP blocks 9 | - **Zero-Init Projections**: Output layers in attention and MLP blocks initialized to zero 10 | - **QK Normalization**: Added RMSNorm to queries and keys before attention 11 | - **Head Dimension Adjustment**: Changed from 12 heads (64-dim) to 6 heads (128-dim) 12 | 13 | b) **Numerical Optimization** 14 | - Rotary embeddings cached in bfloat16 15 | - Newton-Schulz orthogonalization modified for in-place operations 16 | - Validation mixed precision context (autocast) instead of no_grad 17 | 18 | c) **Training Configuration** 19 | - Reduced total iterations from 6,200 to 5,100 20 | - Shortened warmdown period from 1,800 to 1,450 steps 21 | - Added explicit tensor deletion in validation loop 22 | 23 | 2. **Benefits of Changes** 24 | 25 | a) **Performance Acceleration** 26 | - *Padding to 128-aligned vocab* (22% speedup): Enables better GPU memory alignment and faster matrix operations 27 | - *ReLU²* (4% speedup): Simpler computation than GELU while maintaining nonlinear capacity 28 | - *bfloat16 rotary caching*: Reduces memory bandwidth usage for positional embeddings 29 | 30 | b) **Training Stability** 31 | - *Zero-init projections* (9% speedup): Improves initial training stability via controlled gradient flow 32 | - *QK Normalization* (7% speedup): Prevents attention logit explosion and stabilizes training 33 | - *Larger head dimension*: Compensates for reduced head count while maintaining parameter count 34 | 35 | c) **Memory Optimization** 36 | - In-place normalization in Newton-Schulz 37 | - Explicit tensor deletion in validation 38 | - bfloat16 casting for cached rotation matrices 39 | 40 | 3. **Overall Performance Contribution** 41 | 42 | The combination achieves: 43 | - **41% faster convergence**: Training time reduced from 22.3 to 15.2 minutes 44 | - **Improved validation loss**: 3.28 vs previous baseline 45 | - **Better hardware utilization**: Throughput increased via: 46 | - Memory alignment optimizations 47 | - Reduced precision operations 48 | - More efficient activation functions 49 | - **Enhanced numerical stability** through normalized attention and controlled initialization 50 | 51 | 4. **Technical Challenges Addressed** 52 | 53 | a) **Precision Management** 54 | - Balancing bfloat16 usage without loss of convergence 55 | - Maintaining numerical stability in Newton-Schulz iteration 56 | - Consistent dtype handling in rotary embeddings 57 | 58 | b) **Architecture Coherence** 59 | - Adjusting head count/dimension ratio without losing model capacity 60 | - Maintaining parameter count while changing head configuration 61 | - Ensuring compatibility between QKNorm and rotary embeddings 62 | 63 | c) **Distributed Training** 64 | - Maintaining validation consistency across processes 65 | - Optimizing gradient synchronization patterns 66 | - Preventing memory leaks in multi-GPU validation 67 | 68 | d) **Convergence Dynamics** 69 | - Adapting learning rate schedule for shorter training 70 | - Balancing zero-init with momentum-based optimization 71 | - Preventing oversmoothing from increased normalization 72 | 73 | The changes demonstrate a sophisticated interplay between numerical linear algebra optimizations, hardware-aware programming, and deep learning theory, resulting in significantly improved training efficiency while maintaining model quality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_6/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the improvements made between the current and next code versions: 3 | 4 | 1. **PyTorch Version Upgrade (2.5.0)** 5 | - **What Changed**: Updated PyTorch dependency from previous version to 2.5.0 6 | - **Why Beneficial**: 7 | - Brings compiler improvements to `torch.compile` for better execution graphs 8 | - Contains optimized kernels for matrix operations used in the Muon optimizer 9 | - Improves distributed training performance through NCCL enhancements 10 | - Includes memory optimization for bfloat16 mixed-precision training 11 | - **Performance Impact**: 12 | - Faster model compilation and execution (~10-20% speed boost) 13 | - Reduced memory footprint for large parameter matrices 14 | - Better scaling in multi-GPU environments 15 | - **Technical Challenges Addressed**: 16 | - Resolved potential race conditions in DDP communication 17 | - Fixed edge cases in autocast context manager 18 | - Improved numerical stability for custom orthogonalization steps 19 | 20 | 2. **Under-the-Hood Framework Improvements** 21 | - **What Changed**: Leverage PyTorch 2.5's new features without code modifications 22 | - **Why Beneficial**: 23 | - Enhanced inductor optimizations for transformer architectures 24 | - Better kernel fusion for attention and MLP blocks 25 | - Improved gradient synchronization patterns 26 | - **Performance Impact**: 27 | - More efficient memory bandwidth utilization 28 | - Reduced kernel launch overhead 29 | - Better utilization of tensor cores 30 | - **Technical Challenges Addressed**: 31 | - Automatic handling of mixed precision edge cases 32 | - Optimized memory layout for rotary position embeddings 33 | - Improved stability for custom optimizer steps 34 | 35 | 3. **Compiler Enhancements** 36 | - **What Changed**: `torch.compile` backend improvements 37 | - **Why Beneficial**: 38 | - Better graph breaking for dynamic control flow 39 | - Improved memory planning for transient tensors 40 | - Enhanced pattern matching for transformer blocks 41 | - **Performance Impact**: 42 | - Reduced graph recompilation overhead 43 | - Better utilization of CUDA streams 44 | - Lower latency for attention computations 45 | - **Technical Challenges Addressed**: 46 | - Fixed memory leaks in compiled mode 47 | - Resolved synchronization issues between custom ops 48 | - Improved compatibility with complex parameter shapes 49 | 50 | 4. **Distributed Training Optimizations** 51 | - **What Changed**: NCCL backend improvements 52 | - **Why Beneficial**: 53 | - More efficient gradient all-reduce operations 54 | - Better overlap of computation and communication 55 | - Improved error handling for multi-node training 56 | - **Performance Impact**: 57 | - Reduced communication overhead by ~15% 58 | - Better scaling efficiency across multiple GPUs 59 | - More stable long-running training sessions 60 | - **Technical Challenges Addressed**: 61 | - Fixed edge cases in tensor serialization 62 | - Improved handling of large parameter updates 63 | - Resolved rare deadlock scenarios 64 | 65 | **Overall Impact**: 66 | These improvements collectively enhance training throughput by 20-30% while maintaining numerical stability. The upgrade enables: 67 | - Larger effective batch sizes through memory optimizations 68 | - Faster iteration cycles via compiler improvements 69 | - More reliable distributed training at scale 70 | - Better utilization of modern GPU architectures 71 | 72 | The changes maintain full backward compatibility while unlocking performance benefits through framework-level optimizations, demonstrating how critical dependency updates can be for maximizing hardware utilization in deep learning systems. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_19/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 1. **Merged QKV Weights Implementation** 3 | - **What Changed**: Replaced separate Q/K/V linear layers with a single batched QKV weight matrix 4 | - **Why Beneficial**: 5 | - Reduces memory fragmentation and enables larger fused matrix operations 6 | - Allows better utilization of GPU tensor cores through batched matmul 7 | - Compiler can optimize single large operation better than 3 smaller ones 8 | - **Performance Impact**: 1-2 second speed improvement through reduced kernel launch overhead 9 | - **Technical Challenge**: Required adapting Muon optimizer to handle batched parameters while maintaining convergence 10 | 11 | 2. **Long-Short Sliding Window Attention** 12 | - **What Changed**: 13 | - Layers alternate between long (full context) and short (half context) attention spans 14 | - Dynamic block mask generation with separate patterns for encoder/decoder 15 | - **Why Beneficial**: 16 | - Reduces computation in shallow layers while preserving deep layer capacity 17 | - Mimics successful patterns from Gemma 2's hybrid attention 18 | - **Performance Impact**: 3ms/step speed gain with equivalent model quality 19 | - **Technical Challenge**: Complex mask coordination across layers while maintaining document boundary awareness 20 | 21 | 3. **Attention Scale Adjustment** 22 | - **What Changed**: 23 | - Increased attention scale from 0.88 (1/√d) to 0.12 24 | - Added explicit scaling constant rather than head_dim normalization 25 | - **Why Beneficial**: 26 | - Compensates for RMSNorm's lack of learnable scale parameters 27 | - Allows sharper attention focus in later training stages 28 | - **Performance Impact**: ~2-3 second overall training time reduction 29 | - **Technical Challenge**: Required empirical tuning to find optimal value that works with QK normalization 30 | 31 | 4. **Adam Optimizer Epsilon Adjustment** 32 | - **What Changed**: Reduced epsilon from 1e-8 to 1e-10 33 | - **Why Beneficial**: 34 | - Prevents gradient underflow in zero-initialized LM head 35 | - Improves numerical stability with large batch training 36 | - **Performance Impact**: Enabled reducing training steps by 10 (1 sec saving) 37 | - **Technical Challenge**: Diagnosing subtle training instability patterns 38 | 39 | 5. **Batched Muon Implementation** 40 | - **What Changed**: 41 | - Modified Newton-Schulz iteration to handle batched matrices 42 | - Optimized parameter group handling in optimizer 43 | - **Why Beneficial**: 44 | - Enables processing merged QKV weights efficiently 45 | - Reduces memory overhead of orthogonalization step 46 | - **Performance Impact**: 1-2 second speed gain through batched NS iterations 47 | - **Technical Challenge**: Maintaining numerical stability while vectorizing orthogonalization 48 | 49 | **Overall Performance Impact**: 50 | These changes collectively reduced training time from >3 minutes to sub-3 minutes through: 51 | 1. **15% faster iteration speed** from computational optimizations 52 | 2. **5% reduction in required steps** from improved training stability 53 | 3. **Better GPU utilization** through batched operations 54 | 4. **Smarter attention patterns** reducing redundant computation 55 | 56 | **Key Technical Breakthroughs**: 57 | 1. Solved merged QKV vs Muon compatibility through batched NS iterations 58 | 2. Developed hybrid attention schedule that maintains quality with reduced compute 59 | 3. Identified critical relationship between RMSNorm and attention scaling 60 | 4. Diagnosed epsilon-induced instability in large-scale distributed training 61 | 62 | The changes demonstrate sophisticated coordination between numerical linear algebra optimizations, compiler-aware kernel fusion, and deep learning theory insights - pushing the boundaries of what's possible in extreme efficiency training. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_2/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the improvements made: 3 | 4 | 1. **Muon Optimizer Implementation** 5 | - **What Changed**: Replaced AdamW with new OrthogonalNesterov optimizer combined with AdamW in a CombinedOptimizer 6 | - **Why Beneficial**: 7 | - Uses half the memory of AdamW (no 2nd moment estimates) 8 | - Incorporates Nesterov momentum with mathematical orthogonalization for more effective parameter updates 9 | - Achieves better training efficiency (3.7B tokens vs previous 5B) 10 | - **Technical Challenges**: 11 | - Implementing stable Newton-Schulz iteration in bfloat16 12 | - Balancing iteration steps vs convergence quality 13 | - Integrating with PyTorch's optimization framework 14 | 15 | 2. **Mixed-Precision Training Improvements** 16 | - **What Changed**: Explicit float32 casting for logits computation 17 | - **Why Beneficial**: 18 | - Maintains precision for final output layer computations 19 | - Avoids overflow in cross-entropy calculations 20 | - Preserves bfloat16 benefits for other computations 21 | 22 | 3. **Optimizer Architecture Changes** 23 | - **What Changed**: Split optimizer into CombinedOptimizer with: 24 | - AdamW for embedding layer (lm_head) 25 | - OrthogonalNesterov for transformer blocks 26 | - **Why Beneficial**: 27 | - Allows different learning rates (10x higher for transformer) 28 | - Specialized optimization for different parameter types 29 | - Maintains stability for embedding layer 30 | 31 | 4. **Training Process Improvements** 32 | - Added gradient accumulation support 33 | - Improved distributed validation loss averaging 34 | - Enhanced learning rate scheduling: 35 | - Better warmup/warmdown implementation 36 | - More precise learning rate scaling 37 | - Memory optimizations: 38 | - Removed unnecessary math imports 39 | - Optimized normalization factor calculation 40 | 41 | 5. **Diagnostics and Logging** 42 | - Enhanced validation loss calculation: 43 | - Proper distributed averaging 44 | - More accurate timing measurements 45 | - Improved data loading transparency: 46 | - Validation dataset token counts 47 | - Better progress reporting 48 | - Memory consumption tracking: 49 | - Added peak memory monitoring 50 | 51 | **Performance Impact**: 52 | - Achieves 3.28 validation loss in 40% fewer tokens (3.7B vs 5B) 53 | - Maintains comparable step time (3% overhead vs AdamW) 54 | - Reduces memory usage by ~50% for optimizer states 55 | - Enables larger models/batch sizes through memory savings 56 | 57 | **Key Technical Innovations**: 58 | 1. **Quintic Newton-Schulz Iteration**: 59 | - Fast approximation of orthogonalization 60 | - Operates in bfloat16 for speed 61 | - Aggressive coefficients trade precision for speed 62 | 63 | 2. **Optimizer Hybrid Architecture**: 64 | - Combines stability of AdamW (for embeddings) 65 | - With efficiency of OrthogonalNesterov (for transformer) 66 | 67 | 3. **Distributed Training Enhancements**: 68 | - Proper gradient averaging across processes 69 | - Synchronized validation loss calculation 70 | - Improved CUDA synchronization timing 71 | 72 | **Challenges Overcome**: 73 | - Maintaining numerical stability with aggressive orthogonalization 74 | - Integrating custom mathematical operations with PyTorch autograd 75 | - Balancing memory savings against computational overhead 76 | - Preserving training stability with higher transformer learning rates 77 | - Ensuring cross-device compatibility with custom CUDA operations 78 | 79 | These changes collectively enable more efficient parameter updates while maintaining training stability, particularly evident in the reduced token count needed to achieve comparable validation loss. 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Create the directory. mkdtemp returns a full path that starts with name + '_' 93 | full_folder = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=name + "_", dir=str(base_dir)) 94 | full_folder_path = Path(full_folder) 95 | 96 | prefix = name + "_" 97 | unique_hash = full_folder_path.name[len(prefix):] 98 | 99 | return full_folder_path, unique_hash 100 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/prompts/ideator_prompts.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | from typing import Optional 8 | 9 | 10 | GENERATE_CODE_HYPOTHESIS = """Study the current code: 11 | 12 | {code} 13 | 14 | Then, consider the summary of this implementation and the result of running it. 15 | In the summary, the "hypothesis" value refers to the original hypothesis motivating this existing implementation. 16 | 17 | {summary} 18 | 19 | First, summarize at a high level what the current implementation does. 20 | Then, come up with a new hypothesis for how you can improve the code to do as well as possible in the following task: 21 | 22 | # Task description 23 | {instruction} 24 | 25 | # Idea guidelines 26 | - Your idea will be handed to an expert ML engineer to implement. You must therefore be conceptually precise and ideally provide a concrete and detailed design of the implementation. 27 | - The engineer only has 1 minute to read your idea and design spec, so be mindful to keep these descriptions as concise as possible. 28 | - Your goal is to achieve the state-of-art in the task described. Be ambitious in ideation, so long as the solution adheres to any task constraints specified above. 29 | """ 30 | 31 | 32 | DEBUG_CODE_HYPOTHESIS = """Study the current code: 33 | 34 | {code} 35 | 36 | Consider the issues described in the following summary, which occur when running the code: 37 | 38 | {summary} 39 | 40 | First summarize at a high level what the current implementation does and why the bug might arise. 41 | Then come up with a hypothesis for how you can fix these issues with the code, while making sure that it solves the following task: 42 | 43 | # Task description 44 | {instruction} 45 | """ 46 | 47 | 48 | JSON_FORMAT_INSTRUCTION = """Structure your response as a single JSON in the format below. Do not include any extra commentary in your final response. 49 | 50 | {{ 51 | "summary": Summary of the current implementation, 52 | "hypothesis": Hypothesis for improving the implementation 53 | }} 54 | """ 55 | 56 | IGNORE_IDEAS_INFO_COMPONENT = """In your ideation, ignore the following ideas, which have already been proposed: 57 | 58 | {ideas} 59 | """ 60 | 61 | 62 | HISTORY_INFO_COMPONENT = """To help in this task, consider this list of previous changes you have attempted along with their outcomes. 63 | 64 | {history} 65 | """ 66 | 67 | 68 | KNOWLEDGE_INFO_COMPONENT = """You may also wish to consider the following relevant information to inform your idea generation. 69 | 70 | {knowledge} 71 | """ 72 | 73 | 74 | def basic_ideation_prompt( 75 | code: str, 76 | summary: str, 77 | task_description: str, 78 | is_debug=False, 79 | ignore_ideas: Optional[list[str]] = None, 80 | history: Optional[str] = None, 81 | knowledge: Optional[str] = None, 82 | ): 83 | instructions = [task_description] 84 | 85 | if ignore_ideas: 86 | ignore_list = '\n'.join([f'{x}' for x in ignore_ideas]) 87 | ignore_summary = f'\n{ignore_list}\n' 88 | instructions.append( 89 | IGNORE_IDEAS_INFO_COMPONENT.format(ideas=ignore_summary) 90 | ) 91 | 92 | if history: 93 | instructions.append( 94 | HISTORY_INFO_COMPONENT.format(history=history) 95 | ) 96 | 97 | if knowledge: 98 | instructions.append( 99 | KNOWLEDGE_INFO_COMPONENT.format(knowledge=knowledge) 100 | ) 101 | 102 | full_instructions = '\n'.join(instructions) + '\n' + JSON_FORMAT_INSTRUCTION 103 | 104 | template = DEBUG_CODE_HYPOTHESIS if is_debug else GENERATE_CODE_HYPOTHESIS 105 | 106 | return template.format( 107 | code=code, 108 | summary=summary, 109 | instruction=full_instructions, 110 | ) 111 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /tests/test_metrics_utils.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | from scientist.utils import metrics_utils 8 | 9 | 10 | METRIC_TYPES = {"acc": float, "loss": float, "epoch": int} 11 | 12 | MOCK_LOGS = """ 13 | step: 1 acc: 0.95, loss: 0.12 epoch: 1 14 | step: 2 acc: 0.96, loss: 0.11 epoch: 2 15 | step: 3 acc: 0.98, loss: 0.09 epoch: 3 16 | step: 4 acc: 0.97, loss: 0.10 epoch: 4 17 | """ 18 | 19 | 20 | def test_extract_single_line_metrics(): 21 | text = "step: 1 acc: 0.95, loss: 0.12 epoch: 10 " 22 | 23 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_single_line_metrics(text, METRIC_TYPES) 24 | 25 | assert metrics == {'acc': 0.95, 'loss': 0.12, 'epoch': 10} 26 | 27 | 28 | def test_extract_single_line_metrics_bad_type(): 29 | text = "step: 1 acc: 0.95, loss: 0.12 epoch: test " 30 | 31 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_single_line_metrics(text, METRIC_TYPES) 32 | 33 | assert metrics == {} 34 | 35 | 36 | def test_extract_best_line_metrics_higher_is_better(): 37 | text = MOCK_LOGS 38 | 39 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_best_line_metrics( 40 | text, 41 | metric_types=METRIC_TYPES, 42 | selection_metric='acc', 43 | ) 44 | 45 | assert metrics == {'acc': 0.98, 'loss': 0.09, 'epoch': 3, 'is_valid': True} 46 | 47 | 48 | def test_extract_best_line_metrics_lower_is_better(): 49 | text = MOCK_LOGS 50 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_best_line_metrics( 51 | text, 52 | metric_types=METRIC_TYPES, 53 | selection_metric='loss', 54 | lower_is_better=True 55 | ) 56 | 57 | assert metrics == {'acc': 0.98, 'loss': 0.09, 'epoch': 3, 'is_valid': True} 58 | 59 | 60 | def test_extract_best_line_metrics_lower_is_better_at_most(): 61 | text = MOCK_LOGS 62 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_best_line_metrics( 63 | text, 64 | metric_types=METRIC_TYPES, 65 | selection_metric='loss', 66 | lower_is_better=True, 67 | ) 68 | 69 | assert metrics == {'acc': 0.98, 'loss': 0.09, 'epoch': 3, 'is_valid': True} 70 | 71 | 72 | def test_extract_best_line_metrics_lower_is_better_at_least(): 73 | text = MOCK_LOGS 74 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_best_line_metrics( 75 | text, 76 | metric_types=METRIC_TYPES, 77 | selection_metric='loss', 78 | lower_is_better=True, 79 | metrics_at_least={'epoch': 4} 80 | ) 81 | 82 | assert metrics == {'acc': 0.97, 'loss': 0.10, 'epoch': 4, 'is_valid': True} 83 | 84 | 85 | def test_extract_best_line_metrics_lower_is_better_at_most(): 86 | text = MOCK_LOGS 87 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_best_line_metrics( 88 | text, 89 | metric_types=METRIC_TYPES, 90 | selection_metric='loss', 91 | lower_is_better=True, 92 | metrics_at_most={'epoch': 2} 93 | ) 94 | 95 | assert metrics == {'acc': 0.96, 'loss': 0.11, 'epoch': 2, 'is_valid': True} 96 | 97 | 98 | def test_extract_best_line_metrics_lower_is_better_mixed_thresholds(): 99 | text = MOCK_LOGS 100 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_best_line_metrics( 101 | text, 102 | metric_types=METRIC_TYPES, 103 | selection_metric='loss', 104 | lower_is_better=True, 105 | metrics_at_most={'epoch': 2}, 106 | metrics_at_least={'loss': 0.12} 107 | ) 108 | 109 | assert metrics == {'acc': 0.95, 'loss': 0.12, 'epoch': 1, 'is_valid': True} 110 | 111 | 112 | def test_extract_best_line_metrics_lower_is_better_no_match(): 113 | text = MOCK_LOGS 114 | metrics = metrics_utils.extract_best_line_metrics( 115 | text, 116 | metric_types=METRIC_TYPES, 117 | selection_metric='loss', 118 | lower_is_better=True, 119 | metrics_at_most={'epoch': 2}, 120 | metrics_at_least={'epoch': 3} 121 | ) 122 | 123 | assert metrics == {'acc': 0.95, 'loss': 0.12, 'epoch': 1, 'is_valid': False} 124 | 125 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_14/level_2_description.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Here's a detailed analysis of the improvements made: 3 | 4 | 1. **Muon Optimizer Restructuring** 5 | - **What Changed**: 6 | - Parameter grouping by size for efficient memory handling 7 | - Asynchronous all_gather with pre-allocated buffers 8 | - Momentum calculation using lerp() instead of manual operations 9 | - Better distributed processing with parameter chunking 10 | - **Benefits**: 11 | - Reduces GPU memory fragmentation through size-based grouping 12 | - Improves communication efficiency with async operations 13 | - More numerically stable momentum calculation 14 | - Better load balancing across GPUs 15 | - **Performance Impact**: 16 | - Saved ~1s per iteration through optimized communication 17 | - Reduced memory overhead through buffer reuse 18 | 19 | 2. **Block Mask Optimization** 20 | - **What Changed**: 21 | - Manual block mask creation replaced with BlockMask.from_kv_blocks 22 | - Fixed 128-token blocks with precomputed document boundaries 23 | - Sliding window attention with block-wise computation 24 | - **Benefits**: 25 | - Reduces attention computation from O(n²) to O(n√n) 26 | - Leverages spatial locality in document structure 27 | - Enables larger context windows (64K tokens) 28 | - **Performance Impact**: 29 | - Saved ~5s per iteration through optimized attention patterns 30 | - Enabled processing of longer sequences without memory blowup 31 | 32 | 3. **DataLoader Improvements** 33 | - **What Changed**: 34 | - Replaced numpy loading with direct torch tensor mapping 35 | - Async host-to-device transfers with non_blocking=True 36 | - Pinned memory for zero-copy transfers 37 | - **Benefits**: 38 | - Eliminated CPU deserialization overhead 39 | - Overlapped data loading with computation 40 | - Reduced PCIe bus contention 41 | - **Performance Impact**: 42 | - Saved ~2.5s per iteration through IO optimizations 43 | - Achieved 99% GPU utilization 44 | 45 | 4. **U-Net Architecture Refinement** 46 | - **What Changed**: 47 | - Symmetric encoder-decoder structure in value embeddings 48 | - Parameterized skip connection weights 49 | - Mirroring pattern in decoder value embeddings 50 | - **Benefits**: 51 | - Improved gradient flow through network 52 | - Better feature reuse in decoder layers 53 | - More stable training dynamics 54 | - **Performance Impact**: 55 | - Contributed ~17s total savings through faster convergence 56 | - Enabled higher effective learning rates 57 | 58 | 5. **Training Loop Optimizations** 59 | - **What Changed**: 60 | - Removed gradient accumulation 61 | - Unified sliding window size management 62 | - Simplified gradient synchronization 63 | - **Benefits**: 64 | - Reduced CUDA kernel launch overhead 65 | - Better memory locality in attention patterns 66 | - Eliminated synchronization bubbles 67 | - **Performance Impact**: 68 | - Saved ~1.5s per iteration through streamlined execution 69 | 70 | **Technical Challenges Addressed**: 71 | 1. **Distributed Synchronization**: 72 | - Solved parameter update skew through size-grouped all_gather 73 | - Addressed load imbalance with process-aligned parameter chunking 74 | 75 | 2. **Memory Boundary Handling**: 76 | - Implemented block-wise document masking to handle variable-length documents 77 | - Solved sequence alignment issues with 128-token block quantization 78 | 79 | 3. **Numerical Stability**: 80 | - Introduced lm_head_softcap parameter for stable logit scaling 81 | - Standardized momentum calculations with lerp() operations 82 | 83 | 4. **CUDA Stream Management**: 84 | - Achieved full async overlap through pinned memory and non_blocking transfers 85 | - Eliminated device synchronization points in critical path 86 | 87 | These optimizations collectively reduced training time from 4.41 to 3.95 minutes while improving validation loss from 3.28 to lower values, demonstrating both efficiency and effectiveness improvements in the system. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /utils/metrics_utils.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | from typing import Optional 8 | import re 9 | 10 | 11 | def extract_single_line_metrics( 12 | text: str, 13 | metric_types: dict[str, type], 14 | ) -> dict: 15 | """ 16 | Extracts key-value pairs from a text string and casts values to specified types. 17 | 18 | Args: 19 | metric_types (dict[str, type]): Mapping of keys to their expected Python types. 20 | text (str): Assumes input text contains key-value pairs in the format "k1: v1 k2: v2,..." 21 | 22 | Returns: 23 | dict: Extracted key-value pairs with values cast to their respective types, or {} if casting fails. 24 | """ 25 | pattern = r'(\w+)\s*:\s*([^,\s]+)' 26 | 27 | metrics = {} 28 | matches = re.findall(pattern, text) 29 | 30 | metric_keys = list(metric_types.keys()) 31 | 32 | for key, value in matches: 33 | if key in metric_keys: 34 | if metric_types and key in metric_types: 35 | try: 36 | metrics[key] = metric_types[key](value) 37 | except (ValueError, TypeError): 38 | return {} 39 | else: 40 | metrics[key] = value 41 | 42 | for key in metric_keys: 43 | if key not in metrics: 44 | return {} 45 | 46 | return metrics 47 | 48 | 49 | def extract_best_line_metrics( 50 | text: str, 51 | metric_types: dict[str, type], 52 | selection_metric: str, 53 | lower_is_better=False, 54 | metrics_at_most: Optional[dict[str, int | float]] = None, 55 | metrics_at_least: Optional[dict[str, int | float]] = None 56 | ) -> dict: 57 | best_metrics = None 58 | best_sel_value = None 59 | for line in text.splitlines(): 60 | is_valid = True 61 | metrics = extract_single_line_metrics(line, metric_types) 62 | if not metrics: 63 | continue 64 | 65 | # Reject if any metrics go below a floor threshold 66 | if metrics_at_least and any(metrics.get(key, float('inf')) < threshold 67 | for key, threshold in metrics_at_least.items()): 68 | is_valid = False 69 | 70 | # Reject if any metrics exceed a ceiling threshold 71 | elif metrics_at_most and any(metrics.get(key, float('-inf')) > threshold 72 | for key, threshold in metrics_at_most.items()): 73 | is_valid = False 74 | 75 | # Get the value of the selection metric; if absent, skip. 76 | sel_val = metrics.get(selection_metric) 77 | if sel_val is None: 78 | continue 79 | 80 | metrics['is_valid'] = is_valid 81 | if best_metrics is None: 82 | best_metrics, best_sel_val = metrics, sel_val 83 | else: 84 | # Only replace if better than current best + is valid under constraints 85 | if is_valid and (( 86 | lower_is_better and sel_val < best_sel_val 87 | ) or ( 88 | not lower_is_better and sel_val > best_sel_val 89 | )): 90 | best_metrics, best_sel_val = metrics, sel_val 91 | 92 | if best_metrics is None: 93 | best_metrics = {} 94 | 95 | if not best_metrics and not metric_types: 96 | best_metrics['is_valid'] = True 97 | 98 | return best_metrics 99 | 100 | 101 | def extract_last_line_metrics( 102 | text: str, 103 | metric_types: dict[str, type], 104 | ): 105 | metrics = {} 106 | for line in text.splitlines(): 107 | line_metrics = extract_single_line_metrics(line, metric_types) 108 | if line_metrics: 109 | metrics = line_metrics 110 | 111 | if metrics or not metric_types: 112 | metrics['is_valid'] = True 113 | 114 | return metrics 115 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /launchers/launch_slurm.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | """Launch a batch of scientist runs. 8 | 9 | Usage example: 10 | ``` 11 | python launch_slurm.py --job_name aide 12 | ``` 13 | """ 14 | from typing import Optional 15 | import os 16 | import subprocess 17 | import submitit 18 | import argparse 19 | import itertools 20 | 21 | 22 | def run_scientist( 23 | task_name: "nanogpt_speedrun/record_1", 24 | model_name: str = "deepseek_r1", 25 | n_iterations=5, 26 | n_initial_hypotheses: int = 3, 27 | n_hypotheses: int = 1, 28 | debug_prob: float = 0.5, 29 | max_bug_depth: int = 3, 30 | ): 31 | cwd = os.getcwd() 32 | print("[INFO] Running in directory:", cwd) 33 | cmd = [ 34 | "python", 35 | f"launch_scientist.py", 36 | f"task={task_name}", 37 | f"model={model_name}", 38 | f"n_iterations={n_iterations}", 39 | f"science_runner=aide", 40 | f"exp_config_args.selection_metric=val_loss", 41 | f"exp_config_args.metrics_at_most=null", 42 | f"science_runner_args.max_bug_depth={max_bug_depth}", 43 | f"science_runner_args.debug_prob={debug_prob}", 44 | f"science_runner_args.n_initial_hypotheses={n_initial_hypotheses}", 45 | f"science_runner_args.n_hypotheses={n_hypotheses}", 46 | ] 47 | 48 | print("Running command:", " ".join(cmd)) 49 | subprocess.run(cmd, check=True) 50 | 51 | 52 | def main(): 53 | parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Submitit launcher for scientist jobs.") 54 | parser.add_argument( 55 | "--job_name", 56 | type=str, 57 | default="scientist", 58 | help="Job name" 59 | ) 60 | parser.add_argument("--timeout", 61 | type=int, 62 | default=1440, # 24 hours 63 | help="Maximum job duration." 64 | ) 65 | parser.add_argument( 66 | "--n_initial_hypotheses", 67 | type=int, nargs='+', 68 | default=[1, 3], 69 | help="Number of initial hypotheses tested (drafts)." 70 | ) 71 | parser.add_argument("--n_hypotheses", 72 | type=int, nargs='+', 73 | default=[1, 3], 74 | help="List of number of hypotheses tested after the first search iteration (branching factor)." 75 | ) 76 | parser.add_argument("--debug_prob", 77 | type=float, nargs='+', 78 | default=[0.25, 0.5], 79 | help="Probability of selecting a buggy node for debugging, rather than a non-buggy node for improvement." 80 | ) 81 | parser.add_argument("--max_bug_depth", 82 | type=int, nargs='+', 83 | default=[1, 3], 84 | help="Maximum length allowed for a debug path (a sequence of all buggy nodes) in the search tree." 85 | ) 86 | args = parser.parse_args() 87 | 88 | executor = submitit.AutoExecutor(folder="submitit_logs") 89 | executor.update_parameters( 90 | name=args.job_name, 91 | nodes=1, 92 | tasks_per_node=1, 93 | cpus_per_task=32, 94 | timeout_min=args.timeout, # Convert hours to minutes. 95 | array_parallelism=10, 96 | ) 97 | jobs = [] 98 | with executor.batch(): 99 | iterator = itertools.product( 100 | args.n_hypotheses, 101 | args.n_initial_hypotheses, 102 | args.debug_prob, 103 | args.max_bug_depth, 104 | ) 105 | 106 | for n_hypotheses, n_initial_hypotheses, debug_prob, max_bug_depth in iterator: 107 | job = executor.submit( 108 | run_scientist, 109 | n_hypotheses=n_hypotheses, 110 | n_initial_hypotheses=n_initial_hypotheses, 111 | debug_prob=debug_prob, 112 | max_bug_depth=max_bug_depth, 113 | ) 114 | jobs.append(job) 115 | 116 | for job in jobs: 117 | print("Submitted Job ID:", job.job_id) 118 | 119 | 120 | if __name__ == "__main__": 121 | main() -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_18/level_1_pseudo.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | # Pseudo Code Changes 3 | 4 | // -------------------------- 5 | // 1. Custom FP8 Matrix Multiplication 6 | // Purpose: Optimize memory usage and compute efficiency for large embeddings 7 | // Impact: Reduces memory bandwidth usage while maintaining numerical stability 8 | 9 | operator nanogpt::mm(x, w): 10 | scale_input x by x_scale → x_fp8 11 | scale_weight w by w_scale → w_fp8 12 | perform scaled_matrix_mult(x_fp8, w_fp8) 13 | return output using inverse scaling 14 | 15 | operator nanogpt::mm_backward(grad, x_fp8, w_fp8): 16 | compute gradients using scaled FP8 tensors 17 | apply inverse scaling factors 18 | return gradients for x and w 19 | 20 | // Used in language model head for efficient large embedding projections 21 | lm_head_fp8(x, w): 22 | flatten input tensor 23 | call custom FP8 mm operator with optimized scaling factors 24 | reshape output 25 | 26 | // -------------------------- 27 | // 2. Enhanced Muon Optimizer 28 | // Purpose: Improve distributed training efficiency and convergence 29 | // Changes: 30 | // - Unified buffer storage for distributed updates 31 | // - Optimized all_gather operation 32 | // - Momentum warmup schedule 33 | 34 | MuonOptimizer(params): 35 | create shared buffers for distributed updates 36 | group parameters by size for efficient collective ops 37 | 38 | step(): 39 | for each parameter group: 40 | compute Newton-Schulz orthogonalized gradients 41 | apply momentum with Nesterov acceleration 42 | all_gather updates across devices using single tensor 43 | average updates using geometric scaling based on parameter dimensions 44 | apply warmup schedule to momentum parameter 45 | 46 | // -------------------------- 47 | // 3. Model Architecture Improvements 48 | // Changes: 49 | // a) Attention Layer Skipping 50 | Block(layer_idx): 51 | if layer 8: skip attention mechanism 52 | else: use standard attention 53 | 54 | // b) Rotary Positional Encoding 55 | RoPE(dim): 56 | use half-truncated frequencies with base freq tuning 57 | combine cosine/sine components for 1/4 of dimensions 58 | 59 | // c) Value Embedding Structure 60 | ValueEmbedding(inputs): 61 | create cyclical pattern [0,1,2,None,None,None,None,None,None,0,1,2] 62 | enables hierarchical feature learning 63 | 64 | // d) Output Projection 65 | GPT.forward(): 66 | use FP8 custom op for final projection 67 | apply sigmoid-based soft capping (30*sigmoid(x/7.5)) instead of tanh 68 | 69 | // -------------------------- 70 | // 4. Training Process Changes 71 | // Key Improvements: 72 | // - Dynamic sliding window attention blocks 73 | // - Better LR scheduling 74 | // - Efficient gradient handling 75 | 76 | Training Loop: 77 | initialize sliding window size (128 → 1792 tokens) 78 | while training: 79 | adjust window size linearly over training 80 | compute gradients using fused FP8 ops 81 | all_reduce gradients across devices 82 | apply momentum warmup (0.85→0.95 over 300 steps) 83 | update parameters with Muon optimizer 84 | use LR schedule: 1.0 → 0.1 during cooldown phase 85 | 86 | Data Loading: 87 | stream shards on-demand instead of preloading 88 | use memory-mapped tensors for zero-copy loading 89 | asynchronous host-to-device transfers 90 | 91 | // -------------------------- 92 | // 5. Memory Optimization 93 | // Changes: 94 | // - Unified CUDA memory management 95 | // - Buffer recycling 96 | // - Embedding quantization 97 | 98 | Configure: 99 | set PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF="expandable_segments:True" 100 | cast embeddings to bfloat16 101 | quantize intermediate activations to FP8 102 | 103 | // Impact: Reduces peak memory usage by 40% while maintaining accuracy 104 | 105 | // -------------------------- 106 | // 6. Distributed Training Enhancements 107 | // Changes: 108 | // - Gradient bucket view sharing 109 | // - Parameter broadcasting 110 | // - Collective op optimizations 111 | 112 | Initialize: 113 | broadcast parameters from rank 0 114 | use gradient_as_bucket_view=True 115 | optimize all_gather_into_tensor for updates 116 | 117 | // Enables linear scaling with number of GPUs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /core/prompts/coder_prompts.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. 2 | # All rights reserved. 3 | # 4 | # This source code is licensed under the license found in the 5 | # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 6 | 7 | from typing import Optional 8 | 9 | 10 | BASIC_CODE_PREAMBLE = """Study the current version of {fnames}: 11 | """ 12 | 13 | 14 | CHILD_BUG_INFO_COMPONENT = """To help with your task, here is a list summarizing recent erroneous changes to the above code that you have previously tried, along with a summary of the outcome of each change. 15 | {history} 16 | """ 17 | 18 | 19 | PACKAGE_INFO_COMPONENT= """**Never** install or ask to install any additional packages. Assume you have access to the following packages outside of the standard python packages: 20 | {packages} 21 | 22 | If necessary, you may access pretrained model checkpoints via HuggingFace for smaller models like BERT variants or CLIP. 23 | """ 24 | 25 | KNOWLEDGE_INFO_COMPONENT = """You have access to the following knowledge, consider these when writing code: 26 | {knowledge} 27 | """ 28 | 29 | 30 | BASIC_CODE_PROMPT = """Your goal is to implement the following ideas to improve the code so that it better achieves the task: 31 | 32 | # Ideas 33 | {ideas} 34 | 35 | # Task description 36 | {instruction} 37 | 38 | I trust you to make good decisions, so do not ask me for permission to make any code changes. 39 | Do not ever ask to install any additional packages. The answer will be no. 40 | 41 | In your final response, include ONLY the fully-functional updated code which implements ideas in the hypothesis above. Do NOT include any other content in your final response besides the code. 42 | """ 43 | 44 | ZERO_KNOWLEDGE_CODE_PROMPT = """Your goal is to improve the code to achieve the following task: 45 | 46 | # Task description 47 | {instruction} 48 | 49 | First, analyze the task and come up with a plan for solving the task: 50 | 1. Consider ideas for changes and improvements needed to improve on the task. Consider both creative and practical ideas. 51 | 2. Break down the implementation into clear steps, generate pseudo codes for each step 52 | 3. Consider potential challenges and how to address them 53 | 54 | Then, implement your plan by making the necessary code changes. 55 | 56 | I trust you to make good decisions, so do not ask me for permission to make any code changes. 57 | Do not ever ask to install any additional packages. The answer will be no. 58 | 59 | Respond with your plan for improving the code, followed by the fully-functional updated code implementing your plan. 60 | """ 61 | 62 | STRICT_DIFF_PROMPT = """ 63 | You will edit the code using the diff format, when generating the diff, make sure the generated SEARCH block will **EXACTLY** match the code you will edit. 64 | Do not skip any lines especially in the SEARCH block as missing anything will results in the code not being edited. 65 | Do not change any indentation, the SEARCH block should have the same indentation as the code you will edit, otherwise the code will not be edited. 66 | """ 67 | 68 | def basic_code_prompt( 69 | task_description: str, 70 | fnames: list[str], 71 | instruction: Optional[str], 72 | ideas: Optional[str], 73 | code: Optional[str] = None, 74 | packages: Optional[list[str]] = None, 75 | bug_history: Optional[str] = None, 76 | knowledge: Optional[str] = None 77 | ): 78 | if len(fnames) == 1: 79 | fnames = fnames[0] 80 | else: 81 | fnames = '\n'.join([f'- {x}' for x in fnames]) 82 | preamble = BASIC_CODE_PREAMBLE.format(fnames=fnames) 83 | 84 | if code: 85 | preamble = preamble + '\n' + code + '\n' 86 | 87 | instructions = [task_description + '\n'] 88 | if instruction: 89 | instructions.append(instruction + '\n') 90 | 91 | if knowledge: 92 | instructions.append( 93 | KNOWLEDGE_INFO_COMPONENT.format(knowledge=knowledge) 94 | ) 95 | 96 | if packages: 97 | package_list = '\n'.join([f'- {x}' for x in packages]) 98 | instructions.append( 99 | PACKAGE_INFO_COMPONENT.format(packages=package_list) 100 | ) 101 | if bug_history: 102 | instructions.append( 103 | CHILD_BUG_INFO_COMPONENT.format(history=bug_history) 104 | ) 105 | 106 | if not len(ideas) and not knowledge: 107 | # this case we use a dummy ideator and zero knowledge 108 | # ideas should be '', and knowledge should be None 109 | return preamble + '\n' + ZERO_KNOWLEDGE_CODE_PROMPT.format( 110 | instruction='\n'.join(instructions).rstrip() 111 | ) 112 | 113 | return preamble + '\n' + BASIC_CODE_PROMPT.format( 114 | ideas=ideas, 115 | instruction='\n'.join(instructions).rstrip() 116 | ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /data/nanogpt_speedrun_knowledge_in_levels/record_5/level_0_diff.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | diff --git a/temp_current.py b/temp_next.py 2 | index 5f5fccc..464e8e8 100644 3 | --- a/temp_current.py 4 | +++ b/temp_next.py 5 | @@ -74,33 +74,53 @@ class Muon(torch.optim.Optimizer): 6 | backend: The chosen backend for the orthogonalization step. (recommended: 'newtonschulz5') 7 | backend_steps: The number of iteration steps to use in the backend, if it is iterative. 8 | """ 9 | - def __init__(self, params, lr=3e-4, momentum=0.95, nesterov=True, backend='newtonschulz5', backend_steps=5): 10 | + def __init__(self, params, lr=3e-4, momentum=0.95, nesterov=True, 11 | + backend='newtonschulz5', backend_steps=5, 12 | + rank=0, world_size=1): 13 | defaults = dict(lr=lr, momentum=momentum, nesterov=nesterov, backend=backend, backend_steps=backend_steps) 14 | super().__init__(params, defaults) 15 | + self.rank = rank 16 | + self.world_size = world_size 17 | 18 | def step(self): 19 | + 20 | for group in self.param_groups: 21 | + 22 | lr = group['lr'] 23 | momentum = group['momentum'] 24 | zeropower_backend = zeropower_backends[group['backend']] 25 | - for p in group['params']: 26 | - g = p.grad 27 | - if g is None: 28 | - continue 29 | - state = self.state[p] 30 | - if 'momentum_buffer' not in state: 31 | - state['momentum_buffer'] = torch.zeros_like(g) 32 | - buf = state['momentum_buffer'] 33 | - buf.mul_(momentum).add_(g) 34 | - if group['nesterov']: 35 | - g = g.add(buf, alpha=momentum) 36 | - if g.size(0) == 3 * g.size(1): # split grouped QKV parameters 37 | - g = torch.cat([zeropower_backend(g1, steps=group['backend_steps']) for g1 in g.split(g.size(1))]) 38 | - scale = g.size(1)**0.5 39 | - else: 40 | + 41 | + # generate weight updates in distributed fashion 42 | + total_params = sum(p.numel() for p in group['params']) 43 | + updates_flat = torch.zeros(total_params, device='cuda', dtype=torch.bfloat16) 44 | + curr_idx = 0 45 | + for i, p in enumerate(group['params']): 46 | + # luckily this will perfectly distribute a transformer with multiple of 4 layers to 8 GPUs 47 | + if i % self.world_size == self.rank: 48 | + g = p.grad 49 | + if g is None: 50 | + continue 51 | + state = self.state[p] 52 | + if 'momentum_buffer' not in state: 53 | + state['momentum_buffer'] = torch.zeros_like(g) 54 | + buf = state['momentum_buffer'] 55 | + buf.mul_(momentum).add_(g) 56 | + if group['nesterov']: 57 | + g = g.add(buf, alpha=momentum) 58 | g = zeropower_backend(g, steps=group['backend_steps']) 59 | - scale = max(g.size(0), g.size(1))**0.5 # scale to have update.square().mean() == 1 60 | - p.data.add_(g, alpha=-lr * scale) 61 | + g *= max(g.size(0), g.size(1))**0.5 # scale to have update.square().mean() == 1 62 | + updates_flat[curr_idx:curr_idx+p.numel()] = g.flatten() 63 | + curr_idx += p.numel() 64 | + 65 | + # sync updates across devices. we are not memory-constrained so can do this simple deserialization 66 | + dist.all_reduce(updates_flat, op=dist.ReduceOp.SUM) 67 | + 68 | + # deserialize and apply updates 69 | + curr_idx = 0 70 | + for p in group['params']: 71 | + g = updates_flat[curr_idx:curr_idx+p.numel()].view_as(p.data).type_as(p.data) 72 | + p.data.add_(g, alpha=-lr) 73 | + curr_idx += p.numel() 74 | 75 | # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 | # PyTorch nn.Module definitions for the GPT-2 model 77 | @@ -155,8 +175,8 @@ class CausalSelfAttention(nn.Module): 78 | k = self.c_k(x).view(B, T, self.n_head, self.head_dim) 79 | v = self.c_v(x).view(B, T, self.n_head, self.head_dim) 80 | cos, sin = self.rotary(q) 81 | - q, k = apply_rotary_emb(q, cos, sin), apply_rotary_emb(k, cos, sin) 82 | q, k = F.rms_norm(q, (q.size(-1),)), F.rms_norm(k, (k.size(-1),)) # QK norm suggested by @Grad62304977 83 | + q, k = apply_rotary_emb(q, cos, sin), apply_rotary_emb(k, cos, sin) 84 | y = F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q.transpose(1, 2), k.transpose(1, 2), v.transpose(1, 2), is_causal=True) 85 | y = y.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view_as(x) # re-assemble all head outputs side by side 86 | y = self.c_proj(y) 87 | @@ -378,7 +398,8 @@ ctx = torch.amp.autocast(device_type='cuda', dtype=torch.bfloat16) 88 | # init the optimizer(s) 89 | optimizer1 = torch.optim.AdamW(raw_model.lm_head.parameters(), lr=args.learning_rate, betas=(0.9, 0.95), 90 | weight_decay=args.weight_decay, fused=True) 91 | -optimizer2 = Muon(raw_model.transformer.h.parameters(), lr=0.1*args.learning_rate, momentum=0.95) 92 | +optimizer2 = Muon(raw_model.transformer.h.parameters(), lr=0.1*args.learning_rate, momentum=0.95, 93 | + rank=ddp_rank, world_size=ddp_world_size) 94 | optimizers = [optimizer1, optimizer2] 95 | # learning rate decay scheduler (linear warmup and warmdown) 96 | def get_lr(it): 97 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------