Python Client for Cloud TPU
Cloud TPU: Cloud Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) are Google’s custom-developed application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) used to accelerate machine learning workloads.
Quick Start
In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:
Read Cloud TPU Beginner’s Guide.
Installation
Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.
With virtualenv, it’s possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies.
Mac/Linux
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
source <your-env>/bin/activate
<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-tpu
Windows
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
<your-env>\Scripts\activate
<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-tpu
Next Steps
Read the Client Library Documentation for Cloud TPU to see other available methods on the client.
Read the Cloud TPU Product documentation to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.
View this README to see the full list of Cloud APIs that we cover.