Add benchmarking RFC

rfcs/20231212-benchmarking-rfc.md

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+# OpenXLA Benchmarking
+| Status        | Proposed                                                |
+| :------------ | :------------------------------------------------------ |
+| **RFC #**     | [101](https://github.com/openxla/community/pull/101) |
+| **Authors** | David Dunleavy ([email protected]) |
+| **Sponsor**   | Puneith Kaul ([email protected])                        |
+| **Updated**   | 2023-12-12
+
+## Objective
+Gather feedback on what benchmarking infrastructure would be helpful for the OpenXLA community.
+
+## Proposal
+Previous benchmarking efforts like those described in the
+[Benchmarking Strategy RFC](https://github.com/openxla/community/blob/main/rfcs/20230505-benchmarking-strategy.md)
+have been disrupted due to changes in broader strategy in the OpenXLA ecosystem.
+Since then, there have been some independent discussions about benchmarking for XLA,
+but we are interested in getting a pulse on what's most important to the community.
+
+## Questions
+What openly available models are most interesting to measure?
+Is using models in HLO/StableHLO form sufficient? Or is it preferable to do framework level benchmarks?
+What backends/targets/configurations are most important to benchmark? Single vs multi-host?