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 Duration 14 hours

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Introduction to Edge AI and Ascend 310

  • Edge AI overview: trends, constraints, and applications
  • Architecture of the Huawei Ascend 310 chip and its supported toolchain
  • The role of CANN within the edge AI deployment stack

Model Preparation and Transformation

  • Exporting trained models from TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MindSpore
  • Utilizing ATC to transform models into OM format for Ascend devices
  • Addressing unsupported operations and lightweight transformation strategies

Creating Inference Pipelines with AscendCL

  • Leveraging the AscendCL API to execute OM models on Ascend 310
  • Input/output preprocessing, memory management, and device control
  • Releasing within embedded containers or lightweight runtime environments

Optimizing for Edge Limitations

  • Minimizing model size and precision adjustment (FP16, INT8)
  • Identifying bottlenecks using the CANN profiler
  • Managing memory layout and data streaming to boost performance

Releasing with MindSpore Lite

  • Employing the MindSpore Lite runtime for mobile and embedded targets
  • Comparing MindSpore Lite against raw AscendCL pipelines
  • Packaging inference models for device-specific release

Edge Deployment Scenarios and Case Studies

  • Case study: smart camera featuring an object detection model on Ascend 310
  • Case study: real-time classification in an IoT sensor hub
  • Monitoring and updating deployed models at the edge

Summary and Future Directions

Requirements

  • Experience with AI model development or release workflows
  • Foundational understanding of embedded systems, Linux, and Python
  • Familiarity with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch

Target Audience

  • IoT solution developers
  • Embedded AI engineers
  • Edge system integrators and AI release specialists

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