Summary:
This diff is creating new type of Initializer - ExternalInitializer. This
initializer is supposed to be used in cases when the parameter blob is already
expected to exist in the workspace.
Reviewed By: dzhulgakov
Differential Revision: D5171322
fbshipit-source-id: d27861f0f80afdea93c235d49f63da19adccc92c
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
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