Today, an accessible machine learning tool, TensorFlow-DirectML, has been released for Windows PCs. Microsoft and AMD partnered up for the release, which is designed to work across a broad spectrum of hardware, specifically GPUs.
The software was tested on AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and RX 6600 XT graphics hardware. The largest improvement was seen on device training scores, showing an increase of 4.4x improvement.
Computer users who use DirectX 12 compatible AMD Radeon graphics hardware, like the above-mentioned RX 6900 XT and RX 6600 XT graphics cards alongside the latest AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin drivers, can start using TensorFlow-DirectML right away. It can be downloaded from AMD’s support website, and Microsoft has shared details on their blog too.
“To solve the world’s most profound challenges, you need powerful and accessible machine learning (ML) tools that are designed to work across a broad spectrum of hardware. This can range from datacenter applications for scientists and researchers to desktop and notebook PCs used by students and professionals looking to develop ML models on the hardware they already own.
The feedback from our customers is their desire to better leverage the power of their existing Windows® PC hardware for their machine learning workflows. To help address this need and make ML tools more accessible to Windows users, last year Microsoft announced the preview availability of support for GPU-accelerated training workflows using DirectML-enabled machine learning frameworks in Windows and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
This GPU-accelerated training works on any DirectX® 12 compatible GPU and AMD Radeon™ and Radeon PRO graphics cards are fully supported. This provides our customers with even greater capability to develop ML models using their devices with AMD Radeon graphics and Microsoft® Windows 10.
[…]These updates will let you benefit from all the performance improvements that both Microsoft and AMD have enabled throughout the development of TensorFlow-DirectML and will take your Windows machine learning workflows when using AMD graphics to the next level!”
Via Microsoft