diff --git a/colossalai/pipeline/rpc/PipelineBase.py b/colossalai/pipeline/rpc/_pipeline_base.py
similarity index 74%
rename from colossalai/pipeline/rpc/PipelineBase.py
rename to colossalai/pipeline/rpc/_pipeline_base.py
index 8cc90b825..c03148505 100644
--- a/colossalai/pipeline/rpc/PipelineBase.py
+++ b/colossalai/pipeline/rpc/_pipeline_base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import threading
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import List, Any, Tuple, Dict, Callable
-from abc import ABC
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 import sys
+import os
 
 import torch
 from torch import nn
@@ -17,12 +18,10 @@ from time import time
 from colorama import Back, Style
 
 # config for debug and test
-use_color_debug = False
-use_progress = False
+use_color_debug = True
 
 # TODO:
-# 1. replace world_size with other parameters
-# 2. adjust to args and kwargs
+# 1. adjust to args and kwargs (pytree)
 
 
 def color_debug(text, prefix=' ', color='blue'):
@@ -137,24 +136,24 @@ class BackwardCache:
             setattr(self, arg_name, locals()[arg_name])
 
 
-class Worker:
+class WorkerBase(ABC):
 
     def __init__(self,
                  module_partition: nn.Module,
                  pp_rank: int,
                  actual_stage_num: int,
                  num_microbatches: int,
-                 use_1F1B: bool,
                  device: str,
                  criterion: Callable = None,
+                 metric: Callable = None,
                  checkpoint: bool = False) -> None:
         super().__init__()
+
         self.pp_rank = pp_rank
         self.actual_stage_num = actual_stage_num
         self.num_microbatches = num_microbatches
         self.checkpoint = checkpoint
         self.device = device
-        self.use_1F1B = use_1F1B
         self._initialize_outstanding_range()
 
         # variable and const for context managment
@@ -172,23 +171,14 @@ class Worker:
 
         # module partitions
         self.module_partition = module_partition.to(device)
-        if criterion:
-            assert callable(criterion)
         self.criterion = criterion
+        self.metric = metric
 
-        # container to maintain loop
-        self.microbatch_id_to_backward_cache: Dict[int, BackwardCache] = dict()
-        self.microbatch_id_to_labels: Dict[int, Any] = dict()
-        self.work_list: Dict[UniqueKey, WorkItem] = dict()
-        self.output_list: Dict[UniqueKey, WorkItem] = dict()
+        # context to maintain loop
+        self._initialize_context_container()
 
         # lock for the list
-        self.work_list_condition_lock = threading.Condition(threading.Lock())
-        self.output_list_condition_lock = threading.Condition(threading.Lock())
-        self.label_lock = threading.Condition(threading.Lock())
-
-        self.step_lock = threading.Lock()
-        self.step_lock.acquire()
+        self._initialize_lock()
 
         # main loop
         self.main_loop_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._work_loop, name=f'rank_{pp_rank}', daemon=True)
@@ -199,13 +189,23 @@ class Worker:
 
     def _initialize_outstanding_range(self):
         outstanding_range = None
-        if self.use_1F1B:
-            if self.pp_rank == self.actual_stage_num - 1:
-                outstanding_range = (0, 1)
-            else:
-                outstanding_range = (self.actual_stage_num, self.actual_stage_num)
+        if self.pp_rank == self.actual_stage_num - 1:
+            outstanding_range = (0, 1)
+        else:
+            outstanding_range = (self.actual_stage_num, self.actual_stage_num)
         self.outstanding_range = outstanding_range
 
+    def _initialize_context_container(self):
+        self.microbatch_id_to_backward_cache: Dict[int, BackwardCache] = dict()
+        self.microbatch_id_to_labels: Dict[int, Any] = dict()
+        self.work_list: Dict[UniqueKey, WorkItem] = dict()
+        self.output_list: Dict[UniqueKey, WorkItem] = dict()
+
+    def _initialize_lock(self):
+        self.work_list_condition_lock = threading.Condition(threading.Lock())
+        self.output_list_condition_lock = threading.Condition(threading.Lock())
+        self.label_lock = threading.Condition(threading.Lock())
+
     def sync_global_worker_rrefs(self, pp_rank_to_worker_rref: Dict[int, PyRRef]) -> None:
         assert self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref is None, f"in rank {self.pp_rank}, worker has sync global workers rrefs"
         assert pp_rank_to_worker_rref is not None, "stage_to_workers must be a dict instead of None"
@@ -241,12 +241,15 @@ class Worker:
                              forward_only)
         with self.work_list_condition_lock:
             self.work_list[key] = work_item
-            color_debug(f'rank {self.pp_rank} receive data from dataloader', 'data dispatch', 'magenta')
+            color_debug(f'rank {self.pp_rank} receive data from dataloader {self._get_store_len()}', 'data dispatch',
+                        'magenta')
             self.work_list_condition_lock.notify_all()
 
     # just for last pp_rank
     def set_labels(self, microbatch_id: int, microlabels: Any):
-        self.microbatch_id_to_labels[microbatch_id] = microlabels
+        with self.label_lock:
+            self.microbatch_id_to_labels[microbatch_id] = microlabels
+            self.label_lock.notify_all()
 
     # just for last pp_rank
     def _begin_backward(self, microbatch_id: int):
@@ -354,51 +357,17 @@ class Worker:
         if next_rank <= self.actual_stage_num - 1:
             self.consumer_stage_ids.append(next_rank)
 
+    @abstractmethod
     def _get_work_item_key(self) -> UniqueKey:
-        # execute backward first (if backward phase in work_list)
-        pp_rank = self.pp_rank
-        actual_stage_num = self.actual_stage_num
-        num_microbatches = self.num_microbatches
-        is_last_stage = pp_rank == actual_stage_num - 1
+        """
+            this method control the order of the microbatch to consume
+        """
 
-        if self.outstanding_range:
-            if self.outstanding <= self.outstanding_range[0]:
-                target_phase = Phase.FORWARD
-                target_microbatch_id = self.forward_times
-            elif self.outstanding >= self.outstanding_range[1]:
-                target_phase = Phase.BACKWARD
-                target_microbatch_id = self.backward_times
-            else:
-                raise ValueError("outstanding_range[1] - outstanding_range[0] must be in [0, 1]")
+    def is_first_stage(self):
+        return self.pp_rank == 0
 
-            target_key = UniqueKey(target_microbatch_id, target_phase)
-
-            # change outstanding_range at:
-            # 1. forward times reach actual_stage_num, this is the end of continuous forward
-            # 2. forward times reach num_microbatches, this is the end of 1F1B mode
-            if not is_last_stage and \
-                target_key.phase == Phase.FORWARD:
-                if target_key.microbatch_id == actual_stage_num - 1:
-                    outstanding_min = actual_stage_num - pp_rank - 1
-                    outstanding_max = actual_stage_num - pp_rank
-                    self.outstanding_range = (outstanding_min, outstanding_max)
-                elif target_key.microbatch_id == num_microbatches - 1:
-                    self.outstanding_range = (0, 0)
-
-        else:
-            if self.forward_times < num_microbatches:
-                target_phase = Phase.FORWARD
-                target_microbatch_id = self.forward_times
-            else:
-                target_phase = Phase.BACKWARD
-                target_microbatch_id = self.backward_times
-
-            target_key = UniqueKey(target_microbatch_id, target_phase)
-
-        with self.work_list_condition_lock:
-            self.work_list_condition_lock.wait_for(lambda: target_key in self.work_list)
-
-        return target_key
+    def is_last_stage(self):
+        return self.pp_rank == self.actual_stage_num - 1
 
     def _consume_work_item_by_phase(self, work_item: WorkItem):
         phase = work_item.phase
@@ -408,9 +377,8 @@ class Worker:
         forward_only = work_item.forward_only
         consume_result = None
 
-        # TODO : use process manager to acquire rank info later
-        is_first_stage = (self.pp_rank == 0)
-        is_last_stage = (self.pp_rank == self.actual_stage_num - 1)
+        is_first_stage = self.is_first_stage()
+        is_last_stage = self.is_last_stage()
 
         # if self.pp_rank == 0:
         #     print(
@@ -433,6 +401,21 @@ class Worker:
             if forward_only:
                 with torch.no_grad():
                     consume_result = self.module_partition(*args, **kwargs)
+
+                # TODO : integrate output list
+                if is_last_stage and self.criterion:
+                    with self.label_lock:
+                        self.label_lock.wait_for(lambda: microbatch_id in self.microbatch_id_to_labels)
+                    labels = self.microbatch_id_to_labels.pop(microbatch_id)
+                    loss: torch.Tensor = self.criterion(consume_result, labels)
+                    if self.metric is not None:
+                        metric_result = self.metric(consume_result, labels)
+                        if isinstance(metric_result, torch.Tensor):
+                            metric_result = metric_result.item()
+                    else:
+                        metric_result = None
+                    consume_result = [loss.item(), metric_result]
+
                 stage_outputs = None
                 stage_inputs = None
                 use_checkpoint = None
@@ -444,10 +427,21 @@ class Worker:
                 use_checkpoint = True
             else:
                 consume_result = self.module_partition(*args, **kwargs)
+                # print(f'model{self.pp_rank + 1}(param_sum: {sum([p.sum().item() for p in self.module_partition.parameters()])}) input sum: {args[0].sum().item()} forward output sum: {consume_result.sum().item()}', )
+
                 if is_last_stage and self.criterion:
+                    with self.label_lock:
+                        self.label_lock.wait_for(lambda: microbatch_id in self.microbatch_id_to_labels)
                     labels = self.microbatch_id_to_labels.pop(microbatch_id)
                     loss: torch.Tensor = self.criterion(consume_result, labels)
-                    consume_result = loss.item()
+                    if self.metric is not None:
+                        metric_result = self.metric(consume_result, labels)
+                        if isinstance(metric_result, torch.Tensor):
+                            metric_result = metric_result.item()
+                    else:
+                        metric_result = None
+
+                    consume_result = [loss.item(), metric_result]
                 else:
                     loss = consume_result
 
@@ -486,6 +480,7 @@ class Worker:
 
             if use_checkpoint:
                 stage_outputs = [self.module_partition(*stage_inputs)]
+
             # overlap recompute and future.wait
             grad_tensors = get_real_args(args)
 
@@ -513,11 +508,17 @@ class Worker:
                 grad_sum += p.grad.sum()
         return grad_sum
 
-    def _is_first_step(self, work_item) -> bool:
+    def _is_first_step(self, work_item: WorkItem) -> bool:
         return work_item.phase == Phase.FORWARD and work_item.microbatch_id == 0
 
-    def _is_last_step(self, work_item) -> bool:
-        return work_item.phase == Phase.BACKWARD and work_item.microbatch_id == self.num_microbatches - 1
+    def _is_last_step(self, work_item: WorkItem) -> bool:
+        if work_item.forward_only:
+            last_phase = Phase.FORWARD
+        else:
+            last_phase = Phase.BACKWARD
+        is_last_phase = work_item.phase == last_phase
+        is_last_microbatch = work_item.microbatch_id == self.num_microbatches - 1
+        return is_last_phase and is_last_microbatch
 
     # do the main loop to consume ready_list
     def _work_loop(self):
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ class Worker:
 
             # if is last step in one batch reset context and do step
             if self._is_last_step(work_item):
-                if hasattr(self, 'optimizer'):
+                if hasattr(self, 'optimizer') and not work_item.forward_only:
                     self.step()
                 self.forward_times = 0
                 self.backward_times = 0
@@ -560,22 +561,22 @@ class Worker:
 
     def initialize_optimizer(self, optimizer_class: type, **kwargs):
         self.optimizer: optim.Optimizer = optimizer_class(self.module_partition.parameters(), **kwargs)
+        self.step_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.step_lock.acquire()
 
     def wait_for_step(self):
         self.step_lock.acquire()
 
     def step(self):
-        # print(f'rank_{self.pp_rank}', sum([p.sum() for p in self.module_partition.parameters()]))
         self.optimizer.step()
-        # print(f'rank_{self.pp_rank}', sum([p.sum() for p in self.module_partition.parameters()]))
         self.optimizer.zero_grad()
-
         self.step_lock.release()
 
 
 class PipelineEngineBase(ABC, nn.Module):
 
     def __init__(self,
+                 worker_type,
                  module_partitions,
                  stage_num,
                  num_microbatches,
@@ -583,17 +584,19 @@ class PipelineEngineBase(ABC, nn.Module):
                  use_1F1B=False,
                  chunk: int = 1,
                  criterion: Callable = None,
+                 metric: Callable = None,
                  checkpoint: bool = False) -> None:
         super().__init__()
+        self.worker_type = worker_type
         self.module_partitions: List[nn.Module] = module_partitions
         self.chunk = chunk
         self.criterion = criterion
+        self.metric = metric
         self.num_microbatches = num_microbatches
         self.device = device
         self.use_1F1B = use_1F1B
         self.stage_num = stage_num
         self.checkpoint = checkpoint
-        self.use_interleave = chunk > 1
 
         self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref: Dict[int, PyRRef] = dict()
 
@@ -601,26 +604,24 @@ class PipelineEngineBase(ABC, nn.Module):
 
         self._check_argument()
         self._create_pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id()
+        self._create_pp_rank_to_module_partition_id()
         self._init_worker()
 
-    def _check_argument(self):
+    def _check_argument(self) -> None:
         self.virtual_stage_num = self.stage_num * self.chunk
 
         assert self.stage_num <= torch.cuda.device_count(), "stage_num must be smaller than device count!"
         assert self.virtual_stage_num == len(
             self.module_partitions), "stage_num * chunk must be equal to length of model partition!"
-        if self.use_interleave:
-            assert self.num_microbatches % self.stage_num == 0, "if you use interleaving strategy, make sure 'num_microbatches' is a multiple of stage_num!"
 
-    def _get_actual_stage_num(self):
+    def _get_actual_stage_num(self) -> int:
         return self.stage_num if self.chunk == 1 else self.virtual_stage_num
 
-    def _create_pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id(self):
+    def _create_pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id(self) -> None:
         """create a map from model partition to stage_id, which is useful when use_interleave is True.
         e.g. If a model is splited into 4 parts, which means len(self.module_partitions) == 3. 
         stage_num is 2, chunk is 2, then pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id = [0, 1, 0, 1], that means first and third part
         of partitions will be moved to device 0 and the others to device 1
-
         """
         stage_num = self.stage_num
         actual_stage_num = self._get_actual_stage_num()
@@ -628,28 +629,39 @@ class PipelineEngineBase(ABC, nn.Module):
         for pp_rank in range(actual_stage_num):
             self.pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id[pp_rank] = pp_rank % stage_num
 
-    def _init_worker(self):
+    def _create_pp_rank_to_module_partition_id(self) -> None:
+        """By default(both fill drain and 1F1B), length of model partitions equal to
+        actual_stage_num, so allocate model partition to corresponding stage
+        """
+        actual_stage_num = self._get_actual_stage_num()
+        self.pp_rank_to_module_partition_id = [0] * actual_stage_num
+        for pp_rank in range(actual_stage_num):
+            self.pp_rank_to_module_partition_id[pp_rank] = pp_rank
+
+    def _init_worker(self) -> None:
         actual_stage_num = self._get_actual_stage_num()
 
-        use_1F1B = self.use_1F1B
+        worker_type = self.worker_type
         checkpoint = self.checkpoint
         num_microbatches = self.num_microbatches
         device = self.device
         criterion = self.criterion
+        metric = self.metric
 
-        for pp_rank in range(actual_stage_num):
-            module_partition = self.module_partitions[pp_rank]
+        for pp_rank in range(len(self.pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id)):
+            module_partition_id = self.pp_rank_to_module_partition_id[pp_rank]
             rpc_worker_id = self.pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id[pp_rank]
             if device[:4] == 'cuda':
                 device = f'cuda:{rpc_worker_id}'
+            module_partition = self.module_partitions[module_partition_id]
             self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank] = rpc.remote(rpc_worker_id,
-                                                              Worker,
+                                                              worker_type,
                                                               args=(module_partition, pp_rank, actual_stage_num,
-                                                                    num_microbatches, use_1F1B, device, criterion,
+                                                                    num_microbatches, device, criterion, metric,
                                                                     checkpoint))
 
         # let each worker know global worker rref (include itself)
-        for pp_rank in range(actual_stage_num):
+        for pp_rank in self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref:
             self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank].rpc_sync().sync_global_worker_rrefs(self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref)
 
     def remote_parameters(self) -> Dict[int, List[torch.Tensor]]:
@@ -670,65 +682,110 @@ class PipelineEngineBase(ABC, nn.Module):
                 grads[stage_id].append(grad)
         return grads
 
+    def get_input_pp_ranks(self) -> List[int]:
+        return [0]
+
+    def get_output_pp_ranks(self) -> List[int]:
+        return [self._get_actual_stage_num() - 1]
+
+    def _consume_constraint(self, microbatch_id: int, forward_only: bool, input_pp_ranks: List[int],
+                            output_pp_ranks: List[int], ret_future):
+        actual_stage_num = self._get_actual_stage_num()
+        use_1F1B = self.use_1F1B
+        if microbatch_id >= actual_stage_num:
+            if forward_only or not use_1F1B:
+                for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks:
+                    ret_future[pp_rank][microbatch_id - actual_stage_num].wait()
+            else:
+                key = UniqueKey(microbatch_id - actual_stage_num, Phase.BACKWARD)
+                for pp_rank in input_pp_ranks:
+                    worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank]
+                    worker_rref.rpc_sync().get_output_by_key(key)
+
+    def _create_ret_future(self, output_pp_ranks: List[int]) -> Dict[int, List[Future]]:
+        num_microbatches = self.num_microbatches
+        return {pp_rank: [None] * num_microbatches for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks}
+
+    def _set_input(self, input_pp_ranks: List[int], microbatch_id: int, microbatch, forward_only: bool):
+        for pp_rank in input_pp_ranks:
+            worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank]
+            # TODO : add relationship between input_pp_ranks and parts of microbatch
+            worker_rref.remote().set_input(microbatch_id, microbatch, forward_only)
+
+    def _set_labels(self, output_pp_ranks: List[int], microbatch_id: int, microlabels):
+        for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks:
+            worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank]
+            # TODO : add relationship between output_pp_ranks and parts of microlabels
+            worker_rref.remote().set_labels(microbatch_id, microlabels)
+
+    def _subscribe_forward(self, microbatch_id: int, output_pp_ranks: List[int], ret_future: Dict[int, List[Future]]):
+        key = UniqueKey(microbatch_id, Phase.FORWARD)
+        for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks:
+            worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank]
+            ret_future[pp_rank][microbatch_id] = worker_rref.rpc_async().get_output_by_key(key)
+
+    def _ensure_backward(self, forward_only: bool, input_pp_ranks: List[int]):
+        if not forward_only:
+            for pp_rank in input_pp_ranks:
+                worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank]
+                key = UniqueKey(self.num_microbatches - 1, Phase.BACKWARD)
+                worker_rref.rpc_sync().get_output_by_key(key)
+
+    def _collect_forward_result(self, output_pp_ranks: List[int], ret_future: Dict[int, List[Future]]):
+        forward_result = []
+        for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks:
+            worker_forward_result = [None] * self.num_microbatches
+            for microbatch_id in range(self.num_microbatches):
+                ret = ret_future[pp_rank][microbatch_id].wait()
+                worker_forward_result[microbatch_id] = ret
+            worker_forward_result = list(zip(*worker_forward_result))
+            forward_result.extend(worker_forward_result)
+
+        return forward_result
+
     def forward_backward(self, batch: torch.Tensor, labels: torch.Tensor = None, forward_only: bool = False):
         if labels is not None:
             assert len(batch) == len(labels)
+            if not forward_only:
+                assert hasattr(self, 'optimizer_class')
 
         num_microbatches = self.num_microbatches
         microbatch_size = len(batch) // num_microbatches
-        actual_stage_num = self._get_actual_stage_num()
 
-        first_worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[0]
-        last_worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[actual_stage_num - 1]
+        # If Chimera mode is used, then rank of down pipeline is excluded from 'input_pp_ranks' or 'output_pp_ranks'
+        input_pp_ranks = self.get_input_pp_ranks()
+        output_pp_ranks = self.get_output_pp_ranks()
 
-        microbatch_iter = range(num_microbatches)
-        if use_progress:
-            microbatch_iter = tqdm(microbatch_iter)
+        # a cache to collect data and control flow
+        ret_future = self._create_ret_future(output_pp_ranks)
 
-        ret_future: List[Future] = [None] * num_microbatches
-        for microbatch_id in microbatch_iter:
-            # control data input speed
+        for microbatch_id in range(num_microbatches):
+            # control data input  speed
             # to prevent exceed of wait limitations
-            if microbatch_id >= actual_stage_num:
-                if forward_only or not self.use_1F1B:
-                    ret_future[microbatch_id - actual_stage_num].wait()
-                else:
-                    key = UniqueKey(microbatch_id - actual_stage_num, Phase.BACKWARD)
-                    first_worker_rref.rpc_sync().get_output_by_key(key)
+            self._consume_constraint(microbatch_id, forward_only, input_pp_ranks, output_pp_ranks, ret_future)
 
             # set input
             microbatch = batch[microbatch_size * microbatch_id:microbatch_size * (microbatch_id + 1)]
             microbatch = microbatch.cuda()
-            first_worker_rref.remote().set_input(microbatch_id, microbatch, forward_only)
+            self._set_input(input_pp_ranks, microbatch_id, microbatch, forward_only)
+
             # set labels
-            if not forward_only and labels is not None:
+            if labels is not None:
                 microlabels = labels[microbatch_size * microbatch_id:microbatch_size * (microbatch_id + 1)]
                 microlabels = microlabels.cuda()
-                last_worker_rref.remote().set_labels(microbatch_id, microlabels)
+                self._set_labels(output_pp_ranks, microbatch_id, microlabels)
 
-            key = UniqueKey(microbatch_id, Phase.FORWARD)
-            ret_future[microbatch_id] = last_worker_rref.rpc_async().get_output_by_key(key)
+            # get data asynchronously
+            self._subscribe_forward(microbatch_id, output_pp_ranks, ret_future)
 
-        # wait for last backward in rank0
-        if not forward_only:
-            key = UniqueKey(self.num_microbatches - 1, Phase.BACKWARD)
-            first_worker_rref.rpc_sync().get_output_by_key(key)
+        # wait for first rank to ensure all backwards are done
+        self._ensure_backward(forward_only, input_pp_ranks)
 
         # collect forward result
-        # TODO : all the node to output
-        forward_result = None
+        forward_result = self._collect_forward_result(output_pp_ranks, ret_future)
 
-        for microbatch_id in range(self.num_microbatches):
-            key = UniqueKey(microbatch_id, Phase.FORWARD)
-            ret = ret_future[microbatch_id].wait()
-            if forward_result is None:
-                forward_result = [[]] * len(ret)
-            for i in range(len(forward_result)):
-                forward_result[i].append(ret[i])
-
-        if hasattr(self, 'optimizer_class'):
+        if not forward_only and labels is not None:
             # wait for all step
-            # TODO : more elegant ?
             for pp_rank in self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref:
                 worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank]
                 worker_rref.rpc_sync().wait_for_step()
@@ -751,31 +808,3 @@ class PipelineEngineBase(ABC, nn.Module):
 
         for fut in self.step_futs:
             fut.wait()
-
-
-class FillDrainPipelineEngine(PipelineEngineBase):
-
-    def __init__(self,
-                 module_partitions: List[nn.Module],
-                 stage_num: int,
-                 num_microbatches: int,
-                 device: str,
-                 chunk: int = 1,
-                 criterion: Callable = None,
-                 checkpoint: bool = False) -> None:
-        use_1F1B = False
-        super().__init__(module_partitions, stage_num, num_microbatches, device, use_1F1B, chunk, criterion, checkpoint)
-
-
-class OneFOneBPipelineEngine(PipelineEngineBase):
-
-    def __init__(self,
-                 module_partitions: List[nn.Module],
-                 stage_num: int,
-                 num_microbatches: int,
-                 device: str,
-                 chunk: int = 1,
-                 criterion: Callable = None,
-                 checkpoint: bool = False) -> None:
-        use_1F1B = True
-        super().__init__(module_partitions, stage_num, num_microbatches, device, use_1F1B, chunk, criterion, checkpoint)
diff --git a/colossalai/pipeline/rpc/_pipeline_schedule.py b/colossalai/pipeline/rpc/_pipeline_schedule.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..991588bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colossalai/pipeline/rpc/_pipeline_schedule.py
@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+from typing import List, Callable, Dict
+
+import torch.nn as nn
+from torch.futures import Future
+from torch._C._distributed_rpc import PyRRef
+
+from colossalai.pipeline.rpc._pipeline_base import PipelineEngineBase, WorkerBase, UniqueKey, Phase
+
+# Implementation of different Pipeline schedule
+# <strategy>Worker defines the worker for each stage
+# <strategy>PipelineEngine is the class for use
+
+
+class FillDrainWorker(WorkerBase):
+
+    def _get_work_item_key(self) -> UniqueKey:
+        # execute backward first (if backward phase in work_list)
+        num_microbatches = self.num_microbatches
+
+        if self.forward_times < num_microbatches:
+            target_phase = Phase.FORWARD
+            target_microbatch_id = self.forward_times
+        else:
+            target_phase = Phase.BACKWARD
+            target_microbatch_id = self.backward_times
+
+        target_key = UniqueKey(target_microbatch_id, target_phase)
+
+        with self.work_list_condition_lock:
+            self.work_list_condition_lock.wait_for(lambda: target_key in self.work_list)
+
+        return target_key
+
+
+class FillDrainPipelineEngine(PipelineEngineBase):
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 module_partitions: List[nn.Module],
+                 stage_num: int,
+                 num_microbatches: int,
+                 device: str,
+                 chunk: int = 1,
+                 criterion: Callable = None,
+                 metric: Callable = None,
+                 checkpoint: bool = False) -> None:
+
+        if chunk > 1:
+            assert num_microbatches % stage_num == 0, \
+                "if you use interleaving strategy, make sure 'num_microbatches' is a multiple of stage_num!"
+        use_1F1B = False
+
+        super().__init__(FillDrainWorker, module_partitions, stage_num, num_microbatches, device, use_1F1B, chunk,
+                         criterion, metric, checkpoint)
+
+
+class OneFOneBWorker(WorkerBase):
+
+    def _get_work_item_key(self) -> UniqueKey:
+        # execute backward first (if backward phase in work_list)
+        pp_rank = self.pp_rank
+        actual_stage_num = self.actual_stage_num
+        num_microbatches = self.num_microbatches
+        is_last_stage = pp_rank == actual_stage_num - 1
+
+        if self.outstanding <= self.outstanding_range[0]:
+            target_phase = Phase.FORWARD
+            target_microbatch_id = self.forward_times
+        elif self.outstanding >= self.outstanding_range[1]:
+            target_phase = Phase.BACKWARD
+            target_microbatch_id = self.backward_times
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("outstanding_range[1] - outstanding_range[0] must be in [0, 1]")
+
+        target_key = UniqueKey(target_microbatch_id, target_phase)
+
+        # change outstanding_range at:
+        # 1. forward times reach actual_stage_num, this is the end of continuous forward
+        # 2. forward times reach num_microbatches, this is the end of 1F1B mode
+        if not is_last_stage and \
+            target_key.phase == Phase.FORWARD:
+            if target_key.microbatch_id == actual_stage_num - 1:
+                outstanding_min = actual_stage_num - pp_rank - 1
+                outstanding_max = actual_stage_num - pp_rank
+                self.outstanding_range = (outstanding_min, outstanding_max)
+            elif target_key.microbatch_id == num_microbatches - 1:
+                self.outstanding_range = (0, 0)
+
+        with self.work_list_condition_lock:
+            self.work_list_condition_lock.wait_for(lambda: target_key in self.work_list)
+
+        return target_key
+
+
+class OneFOneBPipelineEngine(PipelineEngineBase):
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 module_partitions: List[nn.Module],
+                 stage_num: int,
+                 num_microbatches: int,
+                 device: str,
+                 chunk: int = 1,
+                 criterion: Callable = None,
+                 metric: Callable = None,
+                 checkpoint: bool = False) -> None:
+
+        if chunk > 1:
+            assert num_microbatches % stage_num == 0, \
+                "if you use interleaving strategy, make sure 'num_microbatches' is a multiple of stage_num!"
+        use_1F1B = True
+
+        super().__init__(OneFOneBWorker, module_partitions, stage_num, num_microbatches, device, use_1F1B, chunk,
+                         criterion, metric, checkpoint)
+
+
+class ChimeraWorker(WorkerBase):
+
+    def _get_producer_consumer(self) -> None:
+        rank = self.pp_rank
+        min_pp_rank = (rank // self.actual_stage_num) * self.actual_stage_num
+        max_pp_rank = min_pp_rank + self.actual_stage_num - 1
+
+        assert self.producer_stage_ids is None, f"all the producers of rank {rank} has been subscribed"
+        assert self.consumer_stage_ids is None, f"all the consumers of rank {rank} has been subscribed"
+
+        # should be aranged in order, the order of the input of current forward
+        self.producer_stage_ids = []
+        self.consumer_stage_ids = []
+
+        # Just for demo
+        prev_rank = rank - 1
+        next_rank = rank + 1
+        if prev_rank >= min_pp_rank:
+            self.producer_stage_ids.append(prev_rank)
+        if next_rank <= max_pp_rank:
+            self.consumer_stage_ids.append(next_rank)
+
+    def _get_work_item_key(self) -> UniqueKey:
+        pp_rank = self.pp_rank
+        stage_num = self.actual_stage_num
+        real_microbatch_num = self.num_microbatches // 2
+
+        if self.forward_times < real_microbatch_num:
+            if (pp_rank + 1) % stage_num == 0:    # last rank
+                forward_blocks = self.forward_times // (self.num_microbatches // stage_num)
+                if forward_blocks > self.backward_times:
+                    target_phase = Phase.BACKWARD
+                    target_microbatch_id = self.backward_times
+                else:
+                    target_phase = Phase.FORWARD
+                    target_microbatch_id = self.forward_times
+            else:    # others
+                target_phase = Phase.FORWARD
+                target_microbatch_id = self.forward_times
+        else:
+            target_phase = Phase.BACKWARD
+            target_microbatch_id = self.backward_times
+
+        # In up pipeline, microbatch_id to consume is 0, 2, 4 (2n)
+        # In down pipeline, microbatch_id to consume is 1, 3, 5 (2n + 1)
+        real_target_microbatch_id = target_microbatch_id * 2
+        if pp_rank >= stage_num:
+            real_target_microbatch_id += 1
+        target_key = UniqueKey(real_target_microbatch_id, target_phase)
+
+        with self.work_list_condition_lock:
+            self.work_list_condition_lock.wait_for(lambda: target_key in self.work_list)
+
+        return target_key
+
+    def is_first_stage(self):
+        return (self.pp_rank % self.actual_stage_num) == 0
+
+    def is_last_stage(self):
+        return (self.pp_rank % self.actual_stage_num) == self.actual_stage_num - 1
+
+
+class ChimeraPipelineEngine(PipelineEngineBase):
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 module_partitions,
+                 stage_num,
+                 num_microbatches,
+                 device: str,
+                 criterion: Callable = None,
+                 metric: Callable = None,
+                 checkpoint: bool = False) -> None:
+
+        assert num_microbatches % stage_num == 0, \
+            "In Chimera, num_microbatches must be the multiply of stage_num!"
+        use_1F1B = False
+        chunk = 1
+        super().__init__(ChimeraWorker, module_partitions, stage_num, num_microbatches, device, use_1F1B, chunk,
+                         criterion, metric, checkpoint)
+
+    def _consume_constraint(self, microbatch_id: int, forward_only: bool, ret_future: Dict[PyRRef, List[Future]],
+                            input_worker_rrefs: List[PyRRef], output_worker_rrefs: List[PyRRef]):
+        pass
+
+    def _create_pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id(self) -> None:
+        stage_num = self.stage_num
+        self.pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id = [0] * (stage_num * 2)
+        for pp_rank in range(stage_num):
+            self.pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id[pp_rank] = pp_rank
+            self.pp_rank_to_rpc_worker_id[pp_rank + stage_num] = stage_num - pp_rank - 1
+
+    def _create_pp_rank_to_module_partition_id(self) -> None:
+        stage_num = self.stage_num
+        self.pp_rank_to_module_partition_id = [0] * (stage_num * 2)
+        for pp_rank in range(stage_num):
+            self.pp_rank_to_module_partition_id[pp_rank] = pp_rank
+            self.pp_rank_to_module_partition_id[pp_rank + stage_num] = pp_rank
+
+    def _create_ret_future(self, output_pp_ranks: List[int]) -> Dict[int, List[Future]]:
+        num_microbatches = self.num_microbatches
+        stage_num = self.stage_num
+        up_ret_future = {pp_rank: [None] * num_microbatches for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks}
+        down_ret_future = {pp_rank + stage_num: [None] * num_microbatches for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks}
+        # merge up and down
+        return {**up_ret_future, **down_ret_future}
+
+    def _set_input(self, input_pp_ranks: List[int], microbatch_id: int, microbatch, forward_only: bool):
+        # offset is 0 for all the ranks in up pipeline
+        # offset is stage_num for all the ranks in down pipeline
+        offset = (microbatch_id % 2) * self.stage_num
+        for pp_rank in input_pp_ranks:
+            worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank + offset]
+            worker_rref.remote().set_input(microbatch_id, microbatch, forward_only)
+
+    def _set_labels(self, output_pp_ranks: List[int], microbatch_id: int, microlabels):
+        # offset is 0 for all the ranks in up pipeline
+        # offset is stage_num for all the ranks in down pipeline
+        offset = (microbatch_id % 2) * self.stage_num
+        for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks:
+            worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank + offset]
+            worker_rref.remote().set_labels(microbatch_id, microlabels)
+
+    def _subscribe_forward(self, microbatch_id: int, output_pp_ranks: List[int], ret_future: Dict[int, List[Future]]):
+        key = UniqueKey(microbatch_id, Phase.FORWARD)
+        offset = (microbatch_id % 2) * self.stage_num
+        for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks:
+            worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank + offset]
+            ret_future[pp_rank + offset][microbatch_id] = worker_rref.rpc_async().get_output_by_key(key)
+
+    def _ensure_backward(self, forward_only: bool, input_pp_ranks: List[int]):
+        stage_num = self.stage_num
+        num_microbatches = self.num_microbatches
+        if not forward_only:
+            for pp_rank in input_pp_ranks:
+                up_last_microbatch_id = num_microbatches - 2
+                down_last_microbatch_id = num_microbatches - 1
+
+                up_worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank]
+                down_worker_rref = self.pp_rank_to_worker_rref[pp_rank + stage_num]
+
+                up_key = UniqueKey(up_last_microbatch_id, Phase.BACKWARD)
+                down_key = UniqueKey(down_last_microbatch_id, Phase.BACKWARD)
+
+                up_worker_rref.rpc_sync().get_output_by_key(up_key)
+                down_worker_rref.rpc_sync().get_output_by_key(down_key)
+
+    def _collect_forward_result(self, output_pp_ranks: List[int], ret_future: Dict[PyRRef, List[Future]]):
+        """Logic of collection of forward in Chimera.
+        Currently, only one input one output model is supported
+        """
+        stage_num = self.stage_num
+        forward_result = []
+        for pp_rank in output_pp_ranks:
+            worker_forward_result = [None] * self.num_microbatches
+            for microbatch_id in range(self.num_microbatches):
+                offset = (microbatch_id % 2) * stage_num
+                ret = ret_future[pp_rank + offset][microbatch_id].wait()
+                worker_forward_result[microbatch_id] = ret
+
+            worker_forward_result = list(zip(*worker_forward_result))
+            forward_result.extend(worker_forward_result)
+
+        return forward_result
diff --git a/data/cifar-10-python.tar.gz b/data/cifar-10-python.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..048005dfd
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/cifar-10-python.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_chimera.py b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_chimera.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98caf5913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_chimera.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+
+from colossalai.pipeline.rpc._pipeline_schedule import FillDrainPipelineEngine, OneFOneBPipelineEngine, ChimeraPipelineEngine
+from rpc_test_utils import rpc_run, parse_args, RpcTestModel
+
+
+def run_master(args):
+    torch.manual_seed(100)
+
+    epoch = args.epoch
+    device = args.device
+    stage_num = 4
+    chunk = 1
+    num_microbatches = 4
+    actual_stage_num = 4
+    use_checkpoint = False
+
+    sample_num = 1024
+    feat_num = 10
+    h = 10
+    batch_size = 1024
+
+    assert sample_num % batch_size == 0
+
+    module_partitions = [RpcTestModel(pp_rank, actual_stage_num, feat_num, h) for pp_rank in range(actual_stage_num)]
+    engine = ChimeraPipelineEngine(module_partitions=module_partitions,
+                                   stage_num=stage_num,
+                                   num_microbatches=num_microbatches,
+                                   device=device,
+                                   checkpoint=use_checkpoint)
+
+    input_sample = torch.randn((sample_num, feat_num), device=device)
+
+    for _ in range(epoch):
+        _ = engine.forward_backward(input_sample, forward_only=False)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = parse_args()
+    args.world_size = 4
+    args.num_microbatches = 4
+    rpc_run(args, run_master)
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_optimizer.py b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_optimizer.py
index 5d3c193e3..ce0b646a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_optimizer.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_optimizer.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from torch import nn
 from torch import autograd
 from torch.optim import SGD, Adam, RMSprop, Optimizer
 
-from colossalai.pipeline.rpc.PipelineBase import FillDrainPipelineEngine, OneFOneBPipelineEngine
+from colossalai.pipeline.rpc._pipeline_schedule import FillDrainPipelineEngine, OneFOneBPipelineEngine
 from colossalai.testing import assert_close
 from rpc_test_utils import rpc_run, parse_args, RpcTestModel
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_performance.py b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_performance.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab16c3b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_performance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import os
+from typing import Callable, List, Optional, Type, Union
+import time
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+from titans.dataloader.cifar10 import build_cifar
+from torchvision.models import resnet50
+from torchvision.models.resnet import BasicBlock, Bottleneck, conv1x1
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+from rpc_test_utils import rpc_run, parse_args
+import colossalai
+import colossalai.nn as col_nn
+from colossalai.logging import disable_existing_loggers, get_dist_logger
+from colossalai.trainer import Trainer, hooks
+from colossalai.utils import MultiTimer, get_dataloader
+from colossalai.context import ParallelMode
+from colossalai.pipeline.pipelinable import PipelinableContext, PipelinableModel
+from colossalai.pipeline.rpc._pipeline_schedule import OneFOneBPipelineEngine
+
+
+def flatten(x):
+    return torch.flatten(x, 1)
+
+
+class Flatten(nn.Module):
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return torch.flatten(x, start_dim=1)
+
+
+def run_master(args):
+    batch_size = args.batch_size
+    chunk = args.chunk
+    device = args.device
+    world_size = args.world_size
+    stage_num = world_size
+    num_microbatches = args.num_microbatches
+
+    assert chunk == 1
+
+    pipelinable = PipelinableContext()
+
+    # build model partitions
+    with pipelinable:
+        # input : [B, 3, 32, 32]
+        model = resnet50()
+
+    exec_seq = [
+        'conv1', 'bn1', 'relu', 'maxpool', 'layer1', 'layer2', 'layer3', 'layer4', 'avgpool', (flatten, "behind"), 'fc'
+    ]
+    pipelinable.to_layer_list(exec_seq)
+    module_partitions: List[PipelinableModel] = [
+        pipelinable.partition(chunk, stage_num, pp_rank) for pp_rank in range(world_size)
+    ]
+
+    # build dataloader
+    root = os.environ.get('DATA', './data')
+    train_dataloader, test_dataloader = build_cifar(batch_size, root, padding=4, crop=32, resize=32)
+    criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
+
+    partition_1 = module_partitions[0]
+    partition_2 = []
+    for model in module_partitions[1]._module_list:
+        partition_2.append(model)
+    partition_2.insert(len(partition_2) - 1, Flatten())
+    partition_2 = nn.Sequential(*partition_2)
+    module_partitions = [partition_1, partition_2]
+
+    pp_engine = OneFOneBPipelineEngine(module_partitions=module_partitions,
+                                       stage_num=stage_num,
+                                       num_microbatches=num_microbatches,
+                                       device=device,
+                                       chunk=chunk,
+                                       criterion=criterion,
+                                       checkpoint=False)
+
+    pp_engine.initialize_optimizer(torch.optim.Adam, lr=1e-3)
+    s = time.time()
+
+    for bx, by in tqdm(train_dataloader):
+        pp_engine.forward_backward(bx, labels=by, forward_only=False)
+
+    cost_time = time.time() - s
+
+    print("total cost time :", cost_time)
+    print("cost time per batch:", cost_time / len(train_dataloader))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip("Test for performance, no need for CI")
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    # this is due to limitation of partition function
+    args.world_size = 2
+    args.chunk = 1
+    rpc_run(args, run_master)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_pipeline.py b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_pipeline.py
index e4099401e..e7c82045c 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_pipeline.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import torch
 from torch import nn
 
-from colossalai.pipeline.rpc.PipelineBase import FillDrainPipelineEngine, OneFOneBPipelineEngine
+from colossalai.pipeline.rpc._pipeline_schedule import FillDrainPipelineEngine, OneFOneBPipelineEngine
 from rpc_test_utils import rpc_run, parse_args, RpcTestModel
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_value_correctness.py b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_value_correctness.py
index c8b1a9c14..98085726f 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_value_correctness.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline/test_cuda_rpc_value_correctness.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import torch
 from torch import nn
 from torch import autograd
 
-from colossalai.pipeline.rpc.PipelineBase import FillDrainPipelineEngine, OneFOneBPipelineEngine
+from colossalai.pipeline.rpc._pipeline_schedule import FillDrainPipelineEngine, OneFOneBPipelineEngine
 from colossalai.testing import assert_close
 from rpc_test_utils import rpc_run, parse_args, RpcTestModel
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def run_master(args):
                                     chunk=chunk,
                                     checkpoint=use_checkpoint)
 
-    forward_result = engine.forward_backward(input_sample)
+    forward_result = engine.forward_backward(input_sample)[0]
 
     cuda_rpc_result = []
     single_result = []