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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by jjcon on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:42PM (#28908262)
Do any deep learning frameworks even have metal support? I could see inference working well on these laptops but they lack so much of the specialized hardware I'd be surprised if training was even possible for most useable models.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by Tpt on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:56PM (#28908525)
Apple is maintaining a Tensorflow plugin: https://developer.apple.com/metal/tensorflow-plugin/
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by cguess on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:44PM (#28908282)
There's been work on PyTorch to move some over, but it's still all CPU (which still, on an M1 isn't HORRIBLE) last time I checked.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by muggermuch on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:55PM (#28908519)
Tensorflow supports Metal AFAIK.