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Google open-sources TorchTPU, a PyTorch version for TPUs and Google Cloud

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Google announced on Tuesday that TorchTPU, its long-awaited PyTorch version, is now available as an open-source project. It enables AI applications to run on TPUs and Google Cloud via simple configuration changes without rewriting code.

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    Google launches TorchTPU, an open-source version of PyTorch to let AI apps run on TPUs and Google Cloud via simple configuration changes without rewriting code (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

    Julie Bort / TechCrunch : Google launches TorchTPU, an open-source version of PyTorch to let AI apps run on TPUs and Google Cloud via simple configuration changes without rewriting code — On Tuesday, Google announced that TorchTPU, its long-awaited version of PyTorch, is now available as an open-source project.

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