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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Overview of Huawei’s AI Ecosystem

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

Grasping the CANN Toolkit

  • Definition of CANN and its significance
  • Introduction to core components (ATC, AscendCL, operator libraries)
  • The role of CANN in AI inference pipelines

Initiating Work with MindSpore and CANN

  • Configuring the environment (MindSpore + CANN + Python)
  • Training a basic model within MindSpore
  • Exporting and converting the model using ATC

Executing Inference on Ascend Devices

  • Utilizing the OM model via AscendCL or Python APIs
  • Basic input/output preprocessing techniques
  • Validating model outputs

Integration with Other Frameworks

  • Summary of support for TensorFlow, PyTorch, and ONNX
  • Supported operators and known limitations
  • Simple model conversion demonstration (e.g., from ONNX to OM)

Exploring the CANN and MindSpore Developer Community

  • 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 Steps

Requirements

  • A fundamental grasp of machine learning and deep learning principles
  • Basic proficiency in Python programming
  • No previous experience with CANN or Ascend hardware is necessary

Target Audience

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

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