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The Straggler Problem: Why One Slow GPU Can Stall an LLM Training Run

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  • Straggler problem stalls entire GPU training job when one GPU is slow.
  • Causes significant waste of computing resources and time in LLM training.
  • Problem worsens with larger GPU clusters due to synchronization delays.

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