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3 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Simon Layton
2bfacff426 Fp16 training initializers
Summary:
Adds support for generating and training pfp16 models. Added SGD optimizer for multi-precision trainers and a new callback to data_parallel_model in order to help multi-precision models keep their different copies of parameters in sync during training.
Closes https://github.com/caffe2/caffe2/pull/697

Differential Revision: D5159712

Pulled By: salexspb

fbshipit-source-id: 60a889494d2e2f4df1d720331e19f638c5eb95cc
2017-05-31 17:46:58 -07:00
Simon Layton
2c3071fc4e Rework initializers to pass a class not object
Summary:
Changed tests
Moved to WeightInitializer, BiasInitializer keywords
Closes https://github.com/caffe2/caffe2/pull/682

Reviewed By: Yangqing

Differential Revision: D5138769

Pulled By: salexspb

fbshipit-source-id: 81d266100b2a95c64c0196c16670dfd34ea03e02
2017-05-30 09:06:56 -07:00
Alexander Sidorov
016f72537a ModelHelper.create_param, Initializer abstraction and ParameterInfo for optimizers
Summary:
This is going to unblock Nvidia in their work on adding fp16
support to Caffe2. I discussed this with kennyhorror before to make
sure this fits into his work on parameter sharing.

Reviewed By: kennyhorror

Differential Revision: D5127797

fbshipit-source-id: 4db155d320b1862570c23b77c4252bdacbf2296f
2017-05-25 22:03:15 -07:00