Intel nGraph compiler and runtime for TensorFlow
Project description
Intel(R) nGraph(TM) Compiler and runtime for TensorFlow*
This repository contains the code needed to enable Intel(R) nGraph(TM) Compiler and runtime engine for TensorFlow. Use it to speed up your TensorFlow training and inference workloads. The nGraph Library and runtime suite can also be used to customize and deploy Deep Learning inference models that will "just work" with a variety of nGraph-enabled backends: CPU, GPU, and custom silicon like the Intel(R) Nervana(TM) NNP.
- Build with Linux
- Build using OS X
- Using the upstreamed version
- Debugging
- Support
- How to Contribute
Linux instructions
Option 1: Use a pre-built nGraph-TensorFlow bridge
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You need to instantiate a specific kind of
virtualenv
to be able to proceed with thengraph-tf
bridge installation. For systems with Python 3.n or Python 2.7, these commands arevirtualenv --system-site-packages -p python3 your_virtualenv virtualenv --system-site-packages -p /usr/bin/python2 your_virtualenv source your_virtualenv/bin/activate # bash, sh, ksh, or zsh
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Install TensorFlow v1.12.0:
pip install -U tensorflow
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Install nGraph-TensorFlow bridge:
pip install -U ngraph-tensorflow-bridge
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Test the installation by running the following command:
python -c "import tensorflow as tf; print('TensorFlow version: r',tf.__version__);import ngraph_bridge; print(ngraph_bridge.__version__)"
This will produce something like this:
TensorFlow version: r 1.12.0
TensorFlow version installed: 1.12.0 (v1.12.0-0-ga6d8ffae09)
nGraph bridge built with: 1.12.0 (v1.12.0-0-ga6d8ffae09)
b'0.8.0'
Next you can try out the TensorFlow models by adding one line to your existing TensorFlow model scripts and running them the usual way:
import ngraph_bridge
Option 2: Build nGraph bridge from source using TensorFlow source
To run unit tests, or if you are planning to contribute, install the nGraph bridge using the TensorFlow source tree as follows:
Prepare the build environment
The installation prerequisites are the same as described in the TensorFlow prepare environment for linux.
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We use the standard build process which is a system called "bazel". These instructions were tested with bazel version 0.16.0.
wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.16.0/bazel-0.16.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh chmod +x bazel-0.16.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh ./bazel-0.16.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh --user
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Add and source the
bin
path to your~/.bashrc
file in order to be able to call bazel from the user's installation we set up:export PATH=$PATH:~/bin source ~/.bashrc
Installation
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Once TensorFlow's dependencies are installed, clone
ngraph-tf
repo:git clone https://github.com/NervanaSystems/ngraph-tf.git cd ngraph-tf git checkout v0.8.0
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Next run the following Python script to build TensorFlow, nGraph and the bridge:
python3 build_ngtf.py
At the end of the build a new virtualenv directory is created in the build/venv-tf-py3
.
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Activate this virtual environment to start using nGraph with TensorFlow.
source build/venv-tf-py3/bin/activate
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Test the installation by running the following command:
python -c "import tensorflow as tf; print('TensorFlow version: r',tf.__version__);import ngraph_bridge; print(ngraph_bridge.__version__)"
Once the build and installation steps are complete, you can start using TensorFlow with nGraph backends.
Please add the following line to enable nGraph: import ngraph_bridge
Option 3: Using the upstreamed version
nGraph is updated in the TensorFlow source tree using pull requests from time to time.
In order to build that version of nGraph, follow the below steps, which involves building TensorFlow from source with certain settings.
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Install bazel.
wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.16.0/bazel-0.16.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh chmod +x bazel-0.16.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh ./bazel-0.16.0-installer-linux-x86_64.sh --user
Add and source the bin
path to your ~/.bashrc
file in order to be able to call bazel from the user's installation we set up:
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
source ~/.bashrc
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Create a virtual environment. For systems with Python 3.n or Python 2.7, these commands are
virtualenv --system-site-packages -p python3 your_virtualenv virtualenv --system-site-packages -p /usr/bin/python2 your_virtualenv source your_virtualenv/bin/activate # bash, sh, ksh, or zsh
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Get tensorflow v1.12.0
git clone https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow.git cd tensorflow git checkout v1.12.0
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Now run
./configure
and chooseno
for the following when prompted to build TensorFlow.XLA support:
Do you wish to build TensorFlow with XLA JIT support? [Y/n]: n No XLA JIT support will be enabled for TensorFlow.
CUDA support:
Do you wish to build TensorFlow with CUDA support? [y/N]: N No CUDA support will be enabled for TensorFlow.
Note that if you are running TensorFlow on a Skylake family processor then select
-march=broadwell
when prompted to specify the optimization flags:Please specify optimization flags to use during compilation when bazel option "--config=opt" is specified [Default is -march=native]: -march=broadwell
This is due to an issue in TensorFlow tracked in this issue: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/17273
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Prepare the pip package
bazel build --config=opt --config=ngraph //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package ./
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Once the pip package is built, install using
pip install -U ./tensorflow-1.*whl
For this final option, there is no need to separately build ngraph-tf
or to
use pip
to install the nGraph module. With this configuration, your TensorFlow model scripts will work without any changes, ie, you do not need to add import ngraph_bridge, like option 1 and 2.
Note: The version that is available in the upstreamed version of TensorFlow usually
lags the features and bug fixes available in the master
branch of this repository.
Running tests
To run the C++ unit tests you need to choose option 2 method to build.
Go to the build directory and run the following commands:
cd test
./gtest_ngtf
You can run a few of your own DL models to validate the end-to-end
functionality. Also, you can use the ngraph-tf/examples
directory and try to
run the following model:
cd examples
python3 keras_sample.py
Using OS X
The build and installation instructions are idential for Ubuntu 16.04 and OS X.
Running tests
Export the appropriate paths to your build location; OS X uses the DYLD_
prefix:
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/bazel-out/darwin-py3-opt/bin/tensorflow:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/build/ngraph/ngraph_dist/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
Then follow "Running tests" on Linux as described above.
Debugging
See the instructions provided in the diagnostics directory.
https://github.com/NervanaSystems/ngraph-tf/blob/master/diagnostics/README.md
Support
Please submit your questions, feature requests and bug reports via GitHub issues.
How to Contribute
We welcome community contributions to nGraph. If you have an idea for how to improve it:
- Share your proposal via GitHub issues.
- Ensure you can build the product and run all the examples with your patch.
- In the case of a larger feature, create a test.
- Submit a pull request.
- We will review your contribution and, if any additional fixes or modifications are necessary, may provide feedback to guide you. When accepted, your pull request will be merged to the repository.
About Intel(R) nGraph(TM)
See the full documentation here: http://ngraph.nervanasys.com/docs/latest
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