feat: add T-Head platform support across runtime, device, build, and launcher stack

[Ziminli]

Summary

Adds T-Head PPU support to InfiniCCL through its CUDA-compatible runtime and NCCL API surface. The branch introduces the public thead device identifier and WITH_THEAD build option, adds the corresponding device runtime and NCCL backend adapter, and wires the platform into CMake device and backend auto-detection. The implementation reuses the existing CUDA and NCCL abstractions.

Changes

• Build and Auto-Detection

  • Add WITH_THEAD and lazy, memoized discovery of T-Head SDK locations from relevant environment variables;
  • Discover the T-Head NCCL-compatible library using platform-owned targets/x86_64-linux/{include,lib} search suffixes;
  • Preserve explicit NVIDIA selection while ignoring NVIDIA auto-detection on an unrequested T-Head host.

• Device and Backend Support

  • Add Device::Type::kThead with public device name thead.
  • Add T-Head runtime, memory-space, data-type, and casting specializations under src/devices/thead/.
  • Add the T-Head NCCL API adapter under src/backends/ccl/nccl/thead/ and register NCCL as a supported backend/device combination.
  • Link T-Head examples against the CUDA-compatible runtime.

• Launcher and Generated Dispatch

  • Recognize loopback, IPv6 localhost, hostname aliases, resolved addresses, and interface addresses as local in scripts/icclrun_logic.py.
  • Keep bridge generation driven by the normalized thead directory and device name, without a device-specific enum mapping in scripts/gen_bridge.py.

• Documentation and Template Updates

  • Updated .github/pull_request_template.md to include T-Head as a supported platform;
  • Updated README.md to include T-Head as a supported platform.

Platform and Backend Affected

Platform

• CPU
• NVIDIA GPU
• Iluvatar GPU
• MetaX GPU
• Moore Threads GPU
• Cambricon MLU
• HYGON DCU
• T-Head PPU

Backend

• OpenMPI
• MPICH
• NCCL/RCCL
• MCCL
• CNCL

Performance Impact

• No performance impact
• Performance improved
• Performance regression possible

If applicable, provide benchmark results.

Known Issues & Future Work

• The placement of the function _collect_thead_hints in CMakeLists.txt is not ideal. An architecture should be designed to abstract out and organize platform/device-related utility functions instead of all residing in the root CMakeLists.txt.

Test Results

Test Involved Platform

• CPU
• NVIDIA GPU
• Iluvatar GPU
• MetaX GPU
• Moore Threads GPU
• Cambricon MLU
• HYGON DCU
• T-Head PPU

Test Involved Backend

• OpenMPI
• MPICH
• NCCL/RCCL
• MCCL
• CNCL

NVIDIA (OMPI+NCCL):
ccl_mpi_hybrid_all_gather.log
ccl_mpi_hybrid_all_reduce.log
ccl_mpi_hybrid_send_recv.log

HYGON (RCCL):
ccl_all_gather.log
ccl_all_reduce.log
ccl_send_recv.log

T-Head (OMPI + NCCL):
ccl_mpi_hybrid_all_gather.log
ccl_mpi_hybrid_all_reduce.log
ccl_mpi_hybrid_send_recv.log

T-Head (NCCL):
ccl_all_gather.log
ccl_all_reduce.log
ccl_send_recv.log

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