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dark:hover:text-black">gather_output<span class="opacity-60">: Optional = False</span></span> </span> <span data-svelte-h="svelte-1jq0pl7">)</span> </p>  <div class="!mb-10 relative docstring-details "> <p class="flex items-center font-semibold !mt-2 !mb-2 text-gray-800" data-svelte-h="svelte-lt6pb6">Parameters <span class="flex-auto border-t-2 border-gray-100 dark:border-gray-700 ml-3"></span></p> <ul class="px-2"><li class="text-base !pl-4 my-3 rounded "><span class="group flex space-x-1.5 items-start"><a id="accelerate.prepare_pippy.model" class="header-link block pr-0.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="&amp;amp;num;accelerate.prepare_pippy.model"><span><svg class="text-smd" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path 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A model we want to split for pipeline-parallel inference<!-- HTML_TAG_END --> </span></span> </li><li class="text-base !pl-4 my-3 rounded "><span class="group flex space-x-1.5 items-start"><a id="accelerate.prepare_pippy.split_points" class="header-link block pr-0.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="&amp;amp;num;accelerate.prepare_pippy.split_points"><span><svg class="text-smd" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><strong>split_points</strong> (<code>str</code> or <code>List[str]</code>, defaults to &#x2018;auto&#x2019;) &#x2014;
How to generate the split points and chunk the model across each GPU. &#x2018;auto&#x2019; will find the best balanced
split given any model. Should be a list of layer names in the model to split by otherwise.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --> </span></span> </li><li class="text-base !pl-4 my-3 rounded "><span class="group flex space-x-1.5 items-start"><a id="accelerate.prepare_pippy.no_split_module_classes" class="header-link block pr-0.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="&amp;amp;num;accelerate.prepare_pippy.no_split_module_classes"><span><svg class="text-smd" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><strong>no_split_module_classes</strong> (<code>List[str]</code>) &#x2014;
A list of class names for layers we don&#x2019;t want to be split.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --> </span></span> </li><li class="text-base !pl-4 my-3 rounded "><span class="group flex space-x-1.5 items-start"><a id="accelerate.prepare_pippy.example_args" class="header-link block pr-0.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="&amp;amp;num;accelerate.prepare_pippy.example_args"><span><svg class="text-smd" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><strong>example_args</strong> (tuple of model inputs) &#x2014;
The expected inputs for the model that uses order-based inputs for a <em>single process</em>. Recommended to use
this method if possible.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --> </span></span> </li><li class="text-base !pl-4 my-3 rounded "><span class="group flex space-x-1.5 items-start"><a id="accelerate.prepare_pippy.example_kwargs" class="header-link block pr-0.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="&amp;amp;num;accelerate.prepare_pippy.example_kwargs"><span><svg class="text-smd" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><strong>example_kwargs</strong> (dict of model inputs) &#x2014;
The expected inputs for the model that uses dictionary-based inputs for a <em>single process</em>. This is a
<em>highly</em> limiting structure that requires the same keys be present at <em>all</em> inference calls. Not
recommended unless the prior condition is true for all cases.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --> </span></span> </li><li class="text-base !pl-4 my-3 rounded "><span class="group flex space-x-1.5 items-start"><a id="accelerate.prepare_pippy.num_chunks" class="header-link block pr-0.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="&amp;amp;num;accelerate.prepare_pippy.num_chunks"><span><svg class="text-smd" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><strong>num_chunks</strong> (<code>int</code>, defaults to the number of available GPUs) &#x2014;
The number of different stages the Pipeline will have. By default it will assign one chunk per GPU, but
this can be tuned and played with. In general one should have num_chunks &gt;= num_gpus.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --> </span></span> </li><li class="text-base !pl-4 my-3 rounded "><span class="group flex space-x-1.5 items-start"><a id="accelerate.prepare_pippy.gather_output" class="header-link block pr-0.5 text-lg no-hover:hidden with-hover:absolute with-hover:p-1.5 with-hover:opacity-0 with-hover:group-hover:opacity-100 with-hover:right-full" href="&amp;amp;num;accelerate.prepare_pippy.gather_output"><span><svg class="text-smd" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" aria-hidden="true" role="img" width="1em" height="1em" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 256 256"><path d="M167.594 88.393a8.001 8.001 0 0 1 0 11.314l-67.882 67.882a8 8 0 1 1-11.314-11.315l67.882-67.881a8.003 8.003 0 0 1 11.314 0zm-28.287 84.86l-28.284 28.284a40 40 0 0 1-56.567-56.567l28.284-28.284a8 8 0 0 0-11.315-11.315l-28.284 28.284a56 56 0 0 0 79.196 79.197l28.285-28.285a8 8 0 1 0-11.315-11.314zM212.852 43.14a56.002 56.002 0 0 0-79.196 0l-28.284 28.284a8 8 0 1 0 11.314 11.314l28.284-28.284a40 40 0 0 1 56.568 56.567l-28.285 28.285a8 8 0 0 0 11.315 11.314l28.284-28.284a56.065 56.065 0 0 0 0-79.196z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg></span></a> <span><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><strong>gather_output</strong> (<code>bool</code>, defaults to <code>False</code>) &#x2014;
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