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 Duration 7 hours

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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

Understanding the CANN Toolkit

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

Getting Started with MindSpore and CANN

  • Setting up the environment (MindSpore + CANN + Python)
  • Training a basic model in MindSpore
  • Exporting and converting the model using ATC

Running Inference on Ascend Devices

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

Working with Other Frameworks

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

Exploring the CANN and MindSpore Developer Ecosystem

  • Key resources: documentation, GitHub repositories, 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
  • Familiarity with Python programming
  • No prior experience with CANN or Ascend hardware is necessary

Target Audience

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

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