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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Huawei’s AI Ecosystem

  • Ascend AI hardware: 310, 910, and 910B chips
  • MindSpore, CANN, and associated tools
  • AI development workflow: from training to deployment

Grasping the CANN Toolkit

  • Defining CANN and its significance
  • An overview of key components (ATC, AscendCL, operator libraries)
  • The role of CANN within AI inference pipelines

Commencing with MindSpore and CANN

  • Environment setup (MindSpore + CANN + Python)
  • Training a fundamental model in MindSpore
  • Exporting and converting the model using ATC

Executing Inference on Ascend Devices

  • Utilising the OM model via AscendCL or Python APIs
  • Basic input and output preprocessing
  • Verifying model outputs

Collaborating with Other Frameworks

  • Support overview for TensorFlow, PyTorch, and ONNX
  • Supported operators and associated limitations
  • Demonstration of simple model conversion (e.g., from ONNX to OM)

Discovering the CANN and MindSpore Developer Ecosystem

  • Essential resources: documentation, GitHub repositories, and sample code
  • Overview of MindSpore Hub and the model zoo
  • Community forums, events, and support channels

Recap and Future Directions

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of machine learning and deep learning principles
  • Some programming proficiency with Python
  • No prior experience with CANN or Ascend hardware is necessary

Target Audience

  • Machine learning developers investigating deployment workflows
  • Students or researchers new to Huawei’s AI ecosystem
  • AI framework contributors and enthusiasts interested in model acceleration

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