Python class

Shardable

`Shardable`

class max.nn.Shardable(*args, **kwargs)

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Bases: Protocol

Protocol for objects that support sharding across multiple devices.

This protocol defines the interface that all shardable components (like Linear layers and Weight objects) must implement to participate in distributed computation.

`shard()`

shard(devices)

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Creates a sharded view of this object for a specific device.

Parameters:

device – The devices where this shard should reside.
devices (Iterable[DeviceRef])

Returns:

A sequence of sharded instances of this object.

Return type:

Sequence[Self]

`sharding_strategy`

property sharding_strategy: ShardingStrategy | None

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Gets the weight sharding strategy.

Shardable​

shard()​

sharding_strategy​

`Shardable`

`shard()`

`sharding_strategy`