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Introduction to the Huawei Ascend Platform

  • Overview of Ascend architecture and its ecosystem
  • Introduction to MindSpore and CANN
  • Relevant use cases and industry applications

Configuring the Development Environment

  • Installation of the CANN toolkit and MindSpore
  • Leveraging ModelArts and CloudMatrix for project orchestration
  • Validating the environment using sample models

Model Development Using MindSpore

  • Defining and training models within MindSpore
  • Managing data pipelines and dataset formatting
  • Exporting models to Ascend-compatible formats

Performance Optimization on Ascend

  • Operator fusion and custom kernel development
  • Tiling strategies and AI Core scheduling
  • Utilizing benchmarking and profiling tools

Deployment Strategies

  • Trade-offs between edge and cloud deployment
  • Implementing deployment via the MindX SDK
  • Integrating with CloudMatrix workflows

Debugging and Monitoring

  • Employing Profiler and AiD for tracing purposes
  • Diagnosing runtime failures
  • Monitoring resource utilization and throughput

Case Study and Lab Integration

  • Developing a full pipeline using MindSpore
  • Lab session: Building, optimizing, and deploying a model on Ascend
  • Comparative performance analysis with alternative platforms

Summary and Future Directions

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of neural networks and AI operational workflows
  • Proficiency in Python programming
  • Familiarity with model training and deployment pipelines

Target Audience

  • AI engineers
  • Data scientists utilizing the Huawei AI stack
  • ML developers working with Ascend and MindSpore
 21 Hours

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