Concepts

Cloud TPU

• Cloud TPUs

  An overview of Cloud TPU resources.

• TPU types and zones

  Details the types of Cloud TPU and their zones of availability.

• Storage options for Cloud TPU

  Details the types of storage that can be used with Cloud TPU.

• Internal IP address ranges

  Setting up internal IP addresses for Cloud TPU nodes.

• Performance guide

  High-level performance tips for running TensorFlow programs on Cloud TPU.

• Training on TPU Pods

  An overview of training on Cloud TPU Pods.

• Using TPU Estimator API

  The differences between training a TensorFlow model with the standard TensorFlow Estimator and with the TPUEstimator API.

• Processing large images with TPUs

  Using spatial partitioning with Cloud TPUs and TPUEstimator for training with very large images and video.

• System Architecture

  An overview of Cloud TPU hardware and software architecture.

• Using bfloat16

  Using the bfloat16 format to store activations and gradients in memory.

• Advanced Guide to Inception v3

  An advanced view of the guide to running Inception v3 on Cloud TPU.