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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 auxiliary tools
  • AI development workflow: from training to deployment

Understanding the CANN Toolkit

  • What CANN is and its significance
  • Overview of core components (ATC, AscendCL, operator libraries)
  • CANN’s role in AI inference pipelines

Getting Started with MindSpore and CANN

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

Executing Inference on Ascend Devices

  • Utilizing the OM model with AscendCL or Python APIs
  • Fundamental input/output preprocessing
  • Verifying model outputs

Integrating 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)

Exploring the CANN and MindSpore Developer Ecosystem

  • Key resources: documentation, GitHub repositories, and sample code
  • MindSpore Hub and model zoo overview
  • Community forums, events, and support channels

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

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

Target Audience

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

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