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Significant advancements in the field of natural language processing, understanding, and generation have been achieved through the expansion of large language models. This study introduces a system which utilizes Ascend 910 AI processors and the MindSpore framework to train a language model with over a trillion parameters, specifically 1.085T, named PanGu-{\Sigma}. This model, which builds upon the foundation laid by PanGu-{\alpha}, takes the traditionally dense Transformer model and transforms it into a sparse one using a concept known as Random Routed Experts (RRE). The model was efficiently trained on a dataset of 329 billion tokens using a technique called Expert Computation and Storage Separation (ECSS), leading to a 6.3-fold increase in training throughput via heterogeneous computing. Experimentation indicates that PanGu-{\Sigma} sets a new standard in zero-shot learning for various downstream Chinese NLP tasks.

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