From 0a20e498651ba1aa5e4ba3a742f39637ef9451be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Shelhamer Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:21:16 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add hardware notes to installation --- docs/installation.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md index d32a371..7383271 100644 --- a/docs/installation.md +++ b/docs/installation.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Prior to installing, it is best to read through this guide and take note of the - [Prerequisites](#prequequisites) - [Compilation](#compilation) - [OS X installation](#os_x_installation) +- [Hardware questions](#hardware_questions) To build and test Caffe do @@ -147,3 +148,11 @@ Additionally, MKL requires `DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH` to be set: Note that we still need to include the MKL `compiler/lib` in our paths, although we do not explicitly link against this directory in the Makefile. Further note that these paths are for Anaconda python. For homebrew python, substitute `/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7` for `/path/to/anaconda`. + +## Hardware Questions + +**Laboratory Tested Hardware**: Berkeley Vision runs Caffe with k40s, k20s, and Titans including models at ImageNet/ILSVRC scale. We also run on GTX series cards and GPU-equipped MacBook Pros. We have not encountered any trouble in-house with devices with CUDA capability >= 3.0. All reported hardware issues thus-far have been due to GPU configuration, overheating, and the like. + +**CUDA compute capability**: devices with compute capability <= 2.0 may have to reduce CUDA thread numbers and batch sizes due to hardware constraints. Your mileage may vary. + +Refer to the project's issue tracker for [hardware/compatibility](https://github.com/BVLC/caffe/issues?labels=hardware%2Fcompatibility&page=1&state=open). -- 2.7.4