[NLPL Task Force (A)] PyTorch on CPU

[Martin Matthiesen]

Hello,

I discussed CPU support for PyTorch with Markus today and he told me that PyTorch is working on a CPU-only environment. Case in point is the taito-gpu.csc.fi login node which does not have GPU hardware. It does not work on taito.csc.fi and it is a bit unclear to us, why. There is a missing symbol, but ldd shows that all libraries (and the same ones as on taito-gpu) are found.

I would like to still ask, why cpu-only support is important. I understood it is for rapid-prototyping, but would Taito-gpu's gputest queue[1] effectively achieve the same? The queue is meant for very short runs only (max 15 mins).

Have a nice weekend!
Martin

[1] https://research.csc.fi/taito-gpu-running?inheritRedirect=true

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