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Install OpenMP from source

In this guide, we will walk you through the installation steps of OpenMP from source. Open Multi-Processing is a library that is used to make programs execute in a parallel fashion. It supports multi-platform shared memory multiprocessing programming in C, C++, and Fortran on most platforms

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Basics of Genetic Algorithms

A genetic algorithm is a search heuristic (related to making guesses) algorithm that is inspired by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural evolution. We have explained the basic concepts of genetic algorithms including initial population, fitness function, selection, crossover and mutation.

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Basics of Verilog Programming

we demonstrate the key components of Verilog Programming for FPGA such as modules, ports, drivers, reg, wire, operators, conditional operators, begin, end, always block, posedge, blocking, non blocking statements, connecting modules and others. With the knowledge, you can stimulate basic circuits

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Building a Convolution Neural Network (CNN) for handwritten digit recognition in Python using Keras

We built a Convolution Neural Network (CNN) for handwritten digit recognition from scratch in python. We will be using Keras API with TensorFlow backend and use handwritten digits dataset from Kaggle.

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Verilog vs VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language)

Verilog and VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) are both hardware description language for hardware modeling and we have compared them. Verilog is used extensively for production level projects and in Industry. VHDL is great for beginners who are yet to develop Hardware Design Principles

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Structure of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

A field programmable gate array (FPGA) consists of Input/ Output Pads, Configurable Logic Blocks (CLB), Connection Blocks, Switch Blocks and Channel Width. A field programmable gate array is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by anyone for various purposes like hardware stimulation

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Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by anyone for various purposes like hardware stimulation. FPGA is defined by two keywords namely field programmable and gate array. We have provided applications, manufacturers and why to use FPGA

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Why Principal Component Analysis (PCA) works?

We have demonstrated how and why Principal Component Analysis (PCA) works using the intuition behind the common operations used in the algorithm such as Variance, Covariance, Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues. Eigenvectors represent directions while Eigenvalues represent magnitude the importance

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Algorithm of Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

The algorithm of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is based on a few mathematical ideas namely Variance, Convariance, Eigen Vectors and Eigen values. The algorithm is of eight simple steps including preparing the data set, calculating the covariance matrix, eigen vectors and values, new feature set

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Basic Ideas of Principal component analysis

Principal component analysis (PCA) is a technique to bring out strong patterns in a dataset by supressing variations. It is used to clean data sets to make it easy to explore and analyse. We have demonstrated an example of 17 dimensions and given the basic intuition of PCA

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Top deep learning frameworks to explore

In this article, we have explored some of the top Deep Learning frameworks that are out there and you should definitely try out. Some of them are TensorFlow, Keras, Caffe, Caffe2, MXNet, CNTK, BigDL, Torch, PyTorch, deeplearn.js and others

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Popular Datasets in Machine Learning

Data sets are important in Machine learning as the more better data we have, the better the model. The various popular data sets available for machine learning are ImageNet, MNIST, NIST, CIFAR-10 and YouTube 8M.

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Key ideas in TensorFlow

TensorFlow is a popular Deep Learning library that is used to build Deep Learning models and is backed by Google. A few key ideas of TensorFlow are tensor, distributed computing, kernel abstraction, operation abstraction, computational graph, automatic gradient computation and others

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Build and install TensorFlow from source with MKL DNN support and AVX enabled

In this guide, we will walk you through building and installing TensorFlow from source with support for MKL DNN and with AVX enabled. By following the six simple steps, you can build and install TensorFlow from source in 20 minutes

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Differences between Torch and PyTorch deep learning libraries

We have explored some of the differences between two popular frameworks namely Torch and PyTorch from the view of common origin, current development status, source code and implementation, usage, performance and ONNX support. As development of Torch has been paused, you should go with PyTorch

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OpenMP clauses: firstprivate, lastprivate, ordered

There are three basic OpenMP clauses namely firstprivate, lastprivate and ordered. firstprivate clause is used to initialize a variable from the serial part of the code and private clause doesn't initialize the variable

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Basic OpenMP functions

There are 3 basic functions in OpenMP namely omp_get_thread_num, omp_set_num_threads (nthreads) and omp_get_num_threads. We have given a basic C/ C++ example to demonstrate the use of the function and the observation of the output as well

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When to use OpenMP directives?

If some section of your code can be parallelized and you have more than one processor, you should definitely speed up the execution of your program using OpenMP directives. We have demonstrated how to use Amdahl's law to calculate the expected speed up and profiling to find which section takes time

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Introduction to OpenMP

OpenMP is an open source library which is used for multi-threaded parallel processing and shared-memory multi-processor (core) computers. In OpenMP, part of program is a single thread and part is multi-threaded We have given advantages, disadvantages, industry use example, approach of OpenMP library

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ONNX format for interchangeable AI models

The Open Neural Network Exchange Format (ONNX) is a format for exchanging deep learning/ artificial intelligence models. It will make deep learning models portable thus preventing vendor lock in. We have provided a real life use case of ONNX, benefits of ONNX and the key ideas and challenges of ONNX

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MKL (Math Kernel Library), a Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) Library

Intel's Math Kernel Library (Intel MKL) is a Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) Library that optimizes code with minimal effort for future generations of Intel processors. We have presented how to download and use MKL using an example of matrix multiplication in MKL Library

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FLAME BLIS, a Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms Library

FLAME BLIS is an open source portable software framework/ Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) library for instantiating high-performance BLAS-like dense linear algebra libraries. We have presented how to install and use BLIS using an example of matrix multiplication in FLAME BLIS

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OpenBLAS, a Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms Library

OpenBLAS is an open source optimized BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD version. We have presented how to install and use OpenBLAS with a matrix multiplication example in OpenBLAS

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Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) Library

The BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) are routines that provide standard building blocks for performing basic vector and matrix operations. There are three levels within the BLAS library. The various implementations include Intel's MKL, BLIS, NetLib's BLAS, OpenBLAS, BLAS++ and others

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PyTorch vs TensorFlow

We have compared PyTorch and TensorFlow on the basis of various metrics to help you determine the framework you should go forward with. In short, TensorFlow gives you more control and high computational efficiency while PyTorch gives you the simplicity to develop applications.