Distributed Training Optimization: Speedups Create Communication Bandwidth Bottleneck
jon_durbin · x · 2026-07-30
Developer jondurbin shares a test result of 167k tokens/s training throughput on a single 8x5090 box, noting that every speedup from algorithm optimization increases sustained bandwidth demand for inter-node communication, a 'good problem to have.'
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