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Feature Request: Add Host buffer type for Ascend NPU (CANN backend) #9304

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Ascend NPU backend (CANN) is not support pin memory(Host buffer type) now. Using ping memory will make it more efficiency.

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Other backend such as CUDA has already support Host buffer type.

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Refer to CUDA to implement the Host buffer type of Ascend NPU.

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