chore: Add doc and CI for TRTLLM

.github/workflows/build.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
         description: Hardware
           # options:
           # - cuda
+          # - cuda-trtllm
           # - rocm
           # - intel
         required: true
@@ -52,6 +53,15 @@ jobs:
                 export platform=""
                 export extra_pytest=""
                 ;;
+            cuda-trtllm)
+                export dockerfile="Dockerfile_trtllm"
+                export label_extension="-trtllm"
+                export docker_volume="/mnt/cache"
+                export docker_devices=""
+                export runs_on="ubuntu-latest"
+                export platform=""
+                export extra_pytest=""
+                ;;
             rocm)
                 export dockerfile="Dockerfile_amd"
                 export label_extension="-rocm"

.github/workflows/ci_build.yaml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       # fail-fast is true by default
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        hardware: ["cuda", "rocm", "intel-xpu", "intel-cpu"]
+        hardware: ["cuda", "cuda-trtllm", "rocm", "intel-xpu", "intel-cpu"]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yaml # calls the one above ^
     permissions:
       contents: write

docs/source/_toctree.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     title: Using TGI with Intel GPUs
   - local: installation
     title: Installation from source
+  - local: multi_backend_support
+    title: Multi-backend support
 
   - local: architecture
     title: Internal Architecture
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@
   - local: basic_tutorials/train_medusa
     title: Train Medusa
   title: Tutorials
+- sections:
+  - local: backends/trtllm
+    title: TensorRT-LLM
+  title: Backends
 - sections:
   - local: reference/launcher
     title: All TGI CLI options

docs/source/architecture.md

@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ A high-level architecture diagram can be seen here:
 This diagram shows well there are these separate components:
 
 - **The router**, also named `webserver`, that receives the client requests, buffers them, creates some batches, and prepares gRPC calls to a model server.
-- **The model server**, responsible of receiving the gRPC requests and to process the inference on the model. If the model is sharded across multiple accelerators (e.g.: multiple GPUs), the model server shards might be synchronized via NCCL or equivalent.
 - **The launcher** is a helper that will be able to launch one or several model servers (if model is sharded), and it launches the router with the compatible arguments.
+- **The model server**, responsible for receiving the gRPC requests and to process the inference on the model. If the model is sharded across multiple accelerators (e.g.: multiple GPUs), the model server shards might be synchronized via NCCL or equivalent.
+
+Note that for other backends (eg. TRTLLM) the model server and launcher are specific to the backend.
 
 The router and the model server can be two different machines, they do not need to be deployed together.
 

docs/source/backends/trtllm.md

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# TensorRT-LLM backend
+
+The NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM (TRTLLM) backend is a high-performance backend for LLMs
+that uses NVIDIA's TensorRT library for inference acceleration.
+It makes use of specific optimizations for NVIDIA GPUs, such as custom kernels.
+
+To use the TRTLLM backend you need to compile `engines` for the models you want to use.
+Each `engine` must be compiled on the same GPU architecture that you will use for inference.
+
+## Supported models
+
+Check the [support matrix](https://nvidia.github.io/TensorRT-LLM/reference/support-matrix.html) to see which models are
+supported.
+
+## Compiling engines
+
+You can use [Optimum-NVIDIA](https://github.com/huggingface/optimum-nvidia) to compile engines for the models you
+want to use.
+
+```bash 
+MODEL_NAME="meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"
+
+# Install huggingface_cli
+python -m pip install huggingface-cli[hf_transfer]
+
+# Login to the Hugging Face Hub
+huggingface-cli login
+
+# Create a directory to store the model
+mkdir -p /tmp/models/$MODEL_NAME
+
+# Create a directory to store the compiled engine
+mkdir -p /tmp/engines/$MODEL_NAME
+
+# Download the model 
+HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=1 huggingface-cli download --local-dir /tmp/models/$MODEL_NAME $MODEL_NAME
+
+# Compile the engine using Optimum-NVIDIA
+docker run \
+  --rm \
+  -it \
+  --gpus=1 \
+  -v /tmp/models/$MODEL_NAME:/model \
+  -v /tmp/engines/$MODEL_NAME:/engine \
+  huggingface/optimum-nvidia \
+    optimum-cli export trtllm \
+    --tp=1 \
+    --pp=1 \
+    --max-batch-size=128 \
+    --max-input-length 4096 \
+    --max-output-length 8192 \
+    --max-beams-width=1 \
+    --destination /engine \
+    $MODEL_NAME
+```
+
+Your compiled engine will be saved in the `/tmp/engines/$MODEL_NAME` directory.
+
+## Using the TRTLLM backend
+
+Run TGI-TRTLLM Docker image with the compiled engine:
+
+```bash
+docker run \
+  --gpus 1 \
+  -it \
+  --rm \
+  -p 3000:3000 \
+  -e MODEL=$MODEL_NAME \
+  -e PORT=3000 \
+  -e HF_TOKEN='hf_XXX' \
+  -v /tmp/engines/$MODEL_NAME:/data \ 
+  ghcr.io/huggingface/text-generation-inference:latest-trtllm \
+  --executor-worker executorWorker \
+  --model-id /data/$MODEL_NAME
+```
+
+## Development
+
+To develop TRTLLM backend, you can use [dev containers](https://containers.dev/) located in
+`.devcontainer` directory.

docs/source/multi_backend_support.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Multi-backend support
+
+TGI (Text Generation Inference) offers flexibility by supporting multiple backends for serving large language models (LLMs).
+With multi-backend support, you can choose the backend that best suits your needs, 
+whether you prioritize performance, ease of use, or compatibility with specific hardware. API interaction with 
+TGI remains consistent across backends, allowing you to switch between them seamlessly.
+
+**Supported backends:**
+* **TGI CUDA backend**: This high-performance backend is optimized for NVIDIA GPUs and serves as the default option 
+  within TGI. Developed in-house, it boasts numerous optimizations and is used in production by various projects, including those by Hugging Face.
+* **[TGI TRTLLM backend](./backends/trtllm)**: This backend leverages NVIDIA's TensorRT library to accelerate LLM inference. 
+  It utilizes specialized optimizations and custom kernels for enhanced performance. 
+  However, it requires a model-specific compilation step for each GPU architecture.