* add authors
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* squash py changes 2/N
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* add authors
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* squash py changes 1/N
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* add authors
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* squash py changes 0/N
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* feat(): dynamic_to_static support for ipu.

* fix(): format fix.

* fix format

* fix cpplint error

* use phi::errors

* fix format

* fix format

* fix(): add api to restore patched function.

* fix(): identity_loss uses cpu place as expected kernel type.

* doc(): add IPU dy2static related docs.

* fix(): combine test cases.

* fix format

* fix comment

* fix format

* apply comment

* fix compiling

* fix(): align docs.

* fix(): fix identity_loss function docs.

* fix(): adjust mean and sum in identity_loss.

* fix(): minor docs.

* move API to paddle.incubate.identity_loss

* fix UT
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* change fluid.mean to paddle.mean

* reverse some old code examples

* add argmin and argsort ops (#800)

* add argmin and arsort ops

* Add dot bmm ops (#803)

* add bmm

* add dot op

* clean CreateConst

* clean CreateCast

* add activation ops (#808)

* add activation ops

* fix 1function-redefined error

* Decoupling ipu sharding and modeling (#665)

* feat(shard): decoupling shard setting with modeling.

* fix(shard): split test cases to avoid failure.

* fix(shard): add function docs and fix typo.

* test(shard): add tests.

* test(shard): more test case.

* fix(): change ipu_index/stage default value to -1.

* fix format
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* update paddle.distributed.launch

* add sample code

* update shell

* fix typo

* fix typo

* update docs

* rm code

* fix doc 2

* fix doc 3

* fix doc 4
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* cmake-lint

* update

* Replace np.bool/np.bool8 with np.bool_

* Replace np.object with np.object_

* Replace np.complex with np.complex128

* Replace np.float with np.float64

* Replace np.int with np.int_

* Rerun pre-commit for newer pre-commit configuration

* Use builtin bool instead of np.bool_ based on the context

* add unary ops

* move to activation_ops

* use yapf to format all python file

* yapf exclude two unittests file for they rely on writing and reading file, and format will break them

* disable diff_py_file because too many diff files cause command following failed

This reverts commit e680d581.

* [IPU] support paddle.distributed.launch with IPUs

* add device_num to env_args_mapping

* upgrade to sdk2.5.1

* update to popart v2.5.0

* use a specific version of sdk2.5.0

* update UTs 0

* fix ci

* fix ci 3

* merge recent changes

* fix setting pipline

* add mixed-precission support for ipu

* restore cast_model_to_fp16 api

* update UTs

* add ipu uts

* fix ut

* split PR

* fix ut

* rm ut

* add more ops

* add authors
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* rm ipu_strategy.check()

* fix UT fail

* fix typo
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* sync changes

* copy sOpNamescope

* fix UTs

* add authors
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* fix code-format

* fix compile error

* add comments for feed_op
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* add ci

* rm retry tests

* format

* restore retry tests

* update timeout for ipu uts

* update ipu UTs part1

* rename ut

* sync api changes

* update uts for new api

* update use_ipumodel()

* update use_ipumodel()

* split pr

* update ipu UTs part3

* rename uts

* sync api changes

* update uts for new api

* update use_ipumodel()

* split pr

* update ipu UTs part4

* rename uts

* sync api changes

* update uts for new api

* update ipu UTs part2

* clean git

* rename ut

* rename ut 1

* sync api changes

* update uts for new api

* update uts for new api

* fix re-define

* update ipu UTs part0

* rename UT

* sync api changes

* update uts for new api

* use_ipumodel() as classmethod