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remove redundant linear layer class definition

add fuse_gradient_accumulation attribute to weights for simple targetting

reflect feedback and clean up the codes

arg change

allreduce overlap with wgrad gemm

change custom delay to dummy add

Add the option for fp32 residual connection (fp32 residual connection machinery still needs to be added)

Also includes following changes for inter-layer model-parallel implementation:
- Refactoring of model implementations
- Training loop changes to support inter-layer communication using `ring_exchange`
- New groups for inter-layer communication
- Checkpoint changes
- Command line arguments

Signed-off-by: Boris Fomitchev <bfomitchev@nvidia.com>

Signed-off-by: Boris Fomitchev <bfomitchev@nvidia.com>

Signed-off-by: Boris Fomitchev <bfomitchev@nvidia.com>

Signed-off-by: Boris Fomitchev <bfomitchev@nvidia.com>

Co-authored-by: shoeybi <shoeybim@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: raulpuric <raulpuric@berkeley.edu>
Co-authored-by: jaredcasper <jaredcasper@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: mpatwary <mostofa.patwary@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: plegresl <plegresl@gmail.com>