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+import torch
+from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
+from accelerate import dispatch_model
+
+
+def _device_map(num_gpus, num_layers):
+    per_gpu_layers = (num_layers + 2) / num_gpus
+
+    device_map = {
+        'transformer.wte': 0,
+        'transformer.ln_f': 0,
+        'lm_head': num_gpus-1
+    }
+
+    used = 1
+    gpu_target = 0
+    for i in range(num_layers):
+        if used >= per_gpu_layers:
+            gpu_target += 1
+            used = 0 if gpu_target < num_gpus-1 else 1
+        assert gpu_target < num_gpus
+        device_map[f'transformer.h.{i}'] = gpu_target
+        used += 1
+
+    return device_map
+
+
+def load_model_on_gpus(model_name_or_path, num_gpus: int = 2):
+    num_devices = torch.cuda.device_count()
+
+    if num_gpus == 1:
+        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_name_or_path, device_map='auto',
+                                                     trust_remote_code=True).eval()
+    elif 1 < num_gpus <= num_devices:
+        model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_name_or_path, device_map='cpu',
+                                                     trust_remote_code=True).eval()
+        num_layers = model.config.num_hidden_layers
+        device_map = _device_map(num_gpus, num_layers)
+        print(device_map)
+        model = dispatch_model(model, device_map=device_map)
+    else:
+        raise KeyError
+
+    return model