Amazon launches TorchNeuron to run PyTorch on Trainium chips with one setting
Amazon says existing PyTorch code runs on Trainium chips with no rewrite, and TorchNeuron will be open-sourced on October 20.
Most AI developers write their programs with a tool called PyTorch. Amazon says these programs now run on its chips with a small change. That gives developers more choices.
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Easier switching between chips gives developers more choices than Nvidia chips alone.
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The details
- PyTorch code runs on Trainium with a single configuration change, according to Amazon.
- TorchNeuron will be released under an open-source licence at PyTorch Conference North America on October 20.
- Amazon says the same chip handles both training and inference.
- Amazon is contributing changes to PyTorch that reduce its ties to specific chips.
- Amazon says Deepgram processes 70% more audio per dollar after moving to Trainium.
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