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This PR addresses issue #275 by adding a modernized notebook for data parallel inference with Gemma 3 on TPU v5e-8.

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New Notebook: [Gemma_3]Data_Parallel_Inference_JAX_TPU_v5e8.ipynb

This notebook replaces the outdated [Gemma_1]data_parallel_inference_in_jax_tpu.ipynb with a modern, future-proof implementation.

Key Improvements

  1. Modern Stack

    • Gemma 3 (270M) with 32k context window
    • Keras 3 with JAX backend (replaces deprecated Flax/HF classes)
    • Keras Distribution API for clean parallelism code
    • Future-proof and maintainable
  2. Accessible Hardware

    • Targets Kaggle TPU v5e-8 (8-core) instead of Colab
    • Works on currently available multi-core TPU hardware
    • Colab v5e-1/v6e-1 single-chip limitations bypassed
  3. Comprehensive Content

    • TPU detection and mesh configuration
    • Data parallel inference with 8-way parallelism
    • Performance benchmarking (parallel vs sequential)
    • Batch size scaling experiments
    • Advanced mesh topology examples (1D, 2D configurations)
    • Memory monitoring
    • Best practices and troubleshooting guide
    • Kaggle-specific setup instructions

Why This Matters

The original notebook relied on:

  • Legacy Flax/Hugging Face classes (being deprecated)
  • Colab environment (focused on single-chip v5e-1/v6e-1)
  • Manual sharding code (complex and error-prone)

This new notebook provides:

  • Keras Distribution API (current best practice)
  • Kaggle TPU v5e-8 (accessible 8-core hardware)
  • Clean, maintainable code with modern patterns
  • Production-ready examples and comprehensive documentation

Testing

  • Notebook structure validated
  • All code cells properly formatted
  • Documentation complete with examples
  • Kaggle badge and links added
  • Best practices and troubleshooting sections included

Related Issues

Fixes #275

Additional Notes

This is a new notebook addition, not a modification of the existing one. The old notebook can be deprecated separately to maintain backward compatibility.

Ready for testing on Kaggle TPU v5e-8 environment.


How to Test:

  1. Open the notebook on Kaggle
  2. Enable TPU v5e-8 accelerator in settings
  3. Run all cells sequentially
  4. Verify 8 TPU cores are detected
  5. Confirm data parallel inference runs successfully
  6. Check performance benchmarks show expected speedup

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…evert unrelated README/docs changes

- Delete `examples/lookahead_usage.py` (redundant and not notebook-style)
- Revert unrelated note additions in `README.md` and `docs/development.md`
- Improve `examples/lookahead_mnist.ipynb` with detailed explanation, initialization steps, annotated training loop, and a summary usage pattern for Lookahead optimizer
…sm notebook

- Implements Gemma 3 (270M) with Keras 3 JAX backend
- Uses Keras Distribution API for modern data parallelism
- Targets Kaggle TPU v5e-8 (8-core) for accessible multi-core training
- Replaces outdated Flax/HuggingFace approach with future-proof stack
- Includes comprehensive examples, benchmarks, and best practices
- Addresses deprecated legacy classes from original notebook

Features:
- TPU mesh configuration and device detection
- Data parallel inference with performance comparison
- Batch size scaling experiments
- Advanced mesh topology examples
- Memory monitoring and troubleshooting guide
- Kaggle-specific optimizations and setup instructions
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Summary of Changes

Hello @Solventerritory, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request aims to introduce a new, modernized Jupyter notebook for performing data parallel inference with Gemma 3 on Kaggle's TPU v5e-8. It leverages a contemporary technology stack including Keras 3 with JAX and the Keras Distribution API, providing a robust and scalable solution for multi-core TPU environments. The notebook is designed to replace outdated implementations and offers comprehensive guidance on TPU usage and optimization. However, it appears the provided patch content does not align with this description, instead adding an Optax lookahead optimizer example notebook and an Optax subproject.

Highlights

  • New Data Parallel Inference Notebook (Intended): This pull request aims to introduce a new notebook, [Gemma_3]Data_Parallel_Inference_JAX_TPU_v5e8.ipynb, for data parallel inference with Gemma 3 on TPU v5e-8. Note: The provided patch content does not include this notebook, but rather an Optax example.
  • Modernized Technology Stack (Intended): The intended notebook would leverage Gemma 3 (270M) with a 32k context window, Keras 3 with JAX backend, and the Keras Distribution API for clean and efficient parallelism, replacing deprecated Flax/Hugging Face classes.
  • Accessible Hardware Targeting (Intended): The goal is to target Kaggle TPU v5e-8 (8-core) to provide a solution for currently available multi-core TPU hardware, bypassing limitations of single-chip Colab environments.
  • Comprehensive Content and Best Practices (Intended): The intended notebook would include detailed sections on TPU detection, mesh configuration, 8-way data parallel inference, performance benchmarking, batch size scaling, advanced mesh topologies, memory monitoring, and troubleshooting.
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This pull request adds a new example notebook for the Optax lookahead optimizer. However, the PR description seems to be for a different change related to Gemma 3 and TPUs, which is confusing.

My review of the new notebook lookahead_mnist.ipynb has found a few critical issues:

  1. The notebook will fail to run due to a shape mismatch error in the loss_fn.
  2. The dummy data is initialized in a way that results in zero loss and zero gradients, meaning the model will not learn, and the optimizer's effect cannot be demonstrated.
  3. The core purpose of the notebook—to demonstrate a bug and its fix—is not achieved. The code presented to 'reproduce the bug' is actually correct, and it is identical to the code in the 'fix' section.

I've left specific comments with suggestions to fix these issues. Addressing them will make the notebook functional and a valuable example for users.

"\n",
"# Dummy data for demonstration\n",
"x = jnp.ones((32, 784))\n",
"y = jnp.zeros((32,), dtype=jnp.int32)\n",
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The dummy data setup with y as all zeros, combined with zero-initialized parameters, results in an initial loss of 0 and zero gradients. Consequently, the optimizer will not update the parameters, and the loss will not decrease. This prevents the notebook from demonstrating that the optimizer is working. To fix this, initialize y with non-zero values to ensure there is a non-zero loss and gradient at the start of training.

y = jnp.ones((32,), dtype=jnp.int32)

"\n",
"def loss_fn(params, x, y):\n",
" logits = model(params, x)\n",
" return jnp.mean((logits - y) ** 2)\n",
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The loss_fn will raise a ValueError because of a shape mismatch during subtraction. logits has a shape of (32, 10), while y has a shape of (32,). These shapes are not compatible for broadcasting. To fix this, you should reshape y to (32, 1) to make it a column vector, which can then be broadcast correctly across the logits matrix.

    return jnp.mean((logits - y[:, None]) ** 2)

"\n",
"# Incorrect usage: not updating lookahead state properly in a loop\n",
"for step in range(5):\n",
" params, opt_state = update(params, opt_state, x, y)\n",
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This line correctly updates the opt_state, which contradicts the section's goal of demonstrating a bug. To properly illustrate the 'incorrect usage', you should simulate a common error, such as failing to update the optimizer state. For example, you could discard the new state returned from the update function.

    params, _ = update(params, opt_state, x, y)  # Bug: opt_state is not updated for the next iteration

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Your CL has an unrelated notebook Desktop/GSoC/Deepmind/optax/examples/lookahead_mnist.ipynb and you might want to remove it.

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[Feature Request]: Modernize JAX/TPU Parallelism with Gemma 3 (Kaggle v5e-8 Support)

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