Profiling MNIST

Follow all the instructions in Getting Started to log into a Graphcore node.

Follow the instructions in Virtual Environments up to and including PopART Environment Setup.

Following the instructions in Example Programs up to and including MNIST, Install Requirements.

Change Directory

cd ~/graphcore/tutorials/simple_applications/pytorch/mnist

Set Poplar Options

Set the option to generate all reports, i.e., "autoReport.all":"true".

Set the reports directory, i.e., "autoReport.directory":"./reports".

Do so by running the following commands:

export POPLAR_ENGINE_OPTIONS='{"autoReport.all":"true", "autoReport.directory":"./reports"}'

Run MNIST

Do so by running the following command:

python mnist_poptorch.py

When MNIST has finished running, see Profiling to use Graph Analyser.