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+# Sagemaker Distributed Data Parallel 1.2.0 Release Notes
+
+* New features
+* Bug Fixes
+
+*New features:*
+
+* Support of [EFA network interface](https://aws.amazon.com/hpc/efa/) for distributed AllReduce. For best performance, it is recommended you use an instance type that supports Amazon Elastic Fabric Adapter (ml.p3dn.24xlarge and ml.p4d.24xlarge) when you train a model using SageMaker distributed data parallel.
+
+*Bug Fixes:*
+
+* Improved performance on single node and small clusters.
+
 # Sagemaker Distributed Data Parallel 1.1.2 Release Notes
 
 * Bug Fixes