{"id":262,"date":"2021-09-09T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/windowsai\/?p=262"},"modified":"2021-10-01T17:28:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T00:28:44","slug":"train-your-machine-learning-models-on-any-gpu-with-tensorflow-directml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/windowsai\/train-your-machine-learning-models-on-any-gpu-with-tensorflow-directml\/","title":{"rendered":"Train your machine learning models on any GPU with TensorFlow-DirectML"},"content":{"rendered":"

TensorFlow-DirectML<\/a> improves the experience and performance of model training through GPU acceleration on the breadth of Windows devices by working across different hardware vendors.<\/p>\n

Over the past year we launched the TensorFlow-DirectML preview for Windows and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)<\/a>, worked with the TensorFlow community<\/a>, open sourced the project<\/a>, and added targeted support for online course work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today we\u2019re excited to exit preview and announce our first generally consumable package of TensorFlow-DirectML<\/a>! We encourage you to use TensorFlow-DirectML whether you\u2019re a student learning or a professional developing machine learning models for production. Read on for more details on how we invested and where we\u2019re headed next.<\/p>\n

TensorFlow-DirectML is easy to use and supports many ML workloads<\/h3>\n

Setting up TensorFlow-DirectML to work with your GPU is as easy as running \u201cpip install tensorflow-directml\u201d in your Python environment of choice. Once TensorFlow-DirectML is installed, it works seamlessly with existing model training scripts.<\/p>\n

We assembled a wide range of model scripts from existing TensorFlow tutorials, online learning courses, the TensorFlow Benchmark set, and AI-Benchmark, as well as other commonly used neural networks. This model set provided a breadth of scenarios for ensuring TensorFlow-DirectML has the operator coverage and performance needed for students\u2019 and professionals\u2019 success.<\/p>\n

Our team acted on customer feedback throughout the preview, improving the TensorFlow-DirectML experience on Windows and within WSL. Including optimizing specific operators like convolution and batch normalization and fine-tuning GPU scheduling and memory management so TensorFlow gets the most out of DirectML. We co-engineered with AMD<\/a>, Intel<\/a>, and NVIDIA<\/a> enabling a hardware accelerated training experience across the breadth of DirectX 12 capable GPUs.<\/p>\n

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SqueezeNet model sample training in WSL using TensorFlow-DirectML<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

We encourage you to use your existing models but if you need examples to get started, we have a few sample models<\/a> available for you. We will continue improving TensorFlow-DirectML through targeted operator support and optimizations based on the feedback from the community. We look towards bringing these same benefits to the TensorFlow 2 codebase, including our plan of making a TensorFlow PluggableDevice plugin<\/a> for DirectML.<\/p>\n

Try out TensorFlow-DirectML today<\/h3>\n

If you have a Python environment setup then it is as simple as running \u201cpip install tensorflow-directml\u201d to get going with your existing TensorFlow training scripts. More detailed setup instructions are found on Microsoft Docs for Windows<\/a> and WSL<\/a>. If you have feedback or run into issues with the package, please open an issue on the TensorFlow-DirectML GitHub repo<\/a>. We would love to hear from you to make TensorFlow-DirectML even better!<\/p>\n

For future updates on TensorFlow-DirectML, stay tuned to the Windows AI Platform blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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