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Introduction to the Huawei AI Ecosystem

  • Overview of Ascend AI hardware: 310, 910, and 910B series
  • Key high-level elements: MindSpore, CANN, and AscendCL
  • Architectural principles and industry standing

The Function of CANN within Huawei's AI Stack

  • Defining CANN: SDK objectives and internal structural layers
  • ATC, TBE, and AscendCL: processes for compiling and executing models
  • How CANN enables inference enhancement and streamlined deployment

MindSpore: Overview and Structural Design

  • Training and inference workflows facilitated by MindSpore
  • Graph mode, PyNative, and hardware abstraction techniques
  • Integration with Ascend NPU through the CANN backend

AI Lifecycle on Ascend: From Training to Deployment

  • Model development in MindSpore or migration from alternative frameworks
  • Model export and compilation utilizing ATC
  • Deployment on Ascend hardware leveraging OM models and AscendCL

Benchmarking Against Other AI Stacks

  • MindSpore vs. PyTorch and TensorFlow: distinct focuses and market positions
  • Deployment pipelines on Ascend versus GPU-centric stacks
  • Enterprise opportunities and inherent limitations

Enterprise Integration Scenarios

  • Applications in smart manufacturing, government AI, and telecommunications
  • Considerations regarding scalability, compliance, and ecosystem dynamics
  • Hybrid cloud/on-premise deployment strategies using the Huawei stack

Conclusions and Future Directions

Requirements

  • General awareness of AI workflows or platform structures
  • Fundamental grasp of model training and deployment processes
  • No previous hands-on experience with CANN or MindSpore is necessary

Target Audience

  • AI platform assessors and infrastructure architects
  • AI/ML DevOps specialists and pipeline integration experts
  • Technology leaders and strategic decision-makers
 14 Hours

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