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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Foundamentals of Edge AI and the Ascend 310
- Edge AI landscape: prevailing trends, limitations, and use cases
- Architecture of the Huawei Ascend 310 chip and its supported toolchain
- The role of CANN within the edge AI deployment ecosystem
Model Readiness and Transformation
- Exporting trained models from TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MindSpore
- Utilizing ATC to translate models into OM format for Ascend hardware
- Addressing unsupported operations and employing lightweight conversion tactics
Building Inference Pipelines via AscendCL
- Executing OM models on Ascend 310 using the AscendCL API
- Input/output preprocessing, memory management, and device control mechanisms
- Integration within embedded containers or lightweight runtime settings
Optimizing for Edge Limitations
- Minimizing model footprint and adjusting precision (FP16, INT8)
- Employing the CANN profiler to pinpoint performance bottlenecks
- Orchestrating memory layout and data streaming for enhanced throughput
Deployment with MindSpore Lite
- Leveraging the MindSpore Lite runtime for mobile and embedded platforms
- Evaluating MindSpore Lite against raw AscendCL pipelines
- Packaging inference models for device-specific implementation
Real-World Edge Deployment Scenarios and Case Analyses
- Case analysis: Smart camera featuring an object detection model on Ascend 310
- Case analysis: Real-time classification within an IoT sensor hub
- Supervising and updating models deployed at the edge
Recap and Future Directions
Requirements
- Practical experience in AI model development or deployment workflows
- Foundational understanding of embedded systems, Linux, and Python
- Proficiency with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
Target Audience
- IoT solution developers
- Embedded AI engineers
- Edge system integrators and AI deployment specialists
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