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About this paper
Yuming Zhou, Haoyang Li, Sheng Lin, Yanfeng Zhao, Tong Zhao, Xupeng Miao, Jie Jiang, Fangcheng Fu and 1 more
ForeMoE is a system that addresses micro-step-level expert load imbalance in Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models during reinforcement learning (RL) post-training. It utilizes routing foresight and a four-stage planning algorithm to achieve up to 1.45x speedup in per-step latency and reduces compute imbalance to near-optimal levels.
Key insights
- RL post-training in MoE models exhibits stable expert routing at the step-level but significant, high-frequency load fluctuations at the micro-step-level, highlighting the necessity for fine-grained balancing.
- Leveraging routing information from earlier stages of the RL pipeline provides a precise, proactive signal for load balancing decisions, which is more effective than reactive, historical approaches.
- Decomposing the complex load balancing problem into hierarchical stages enables efficient real-time micro-step-level adjustments while maintaining overall stability.
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