Still Waters Run Deep Learning

How Much Computer Do You Need? I buy computers based on best price per pound. This is part two of two posts about how I decided on what kind of computing platform to use for my deep learning studies. If you haven't read it yet, the previous blog was   In Which a Hardware Platform was Chosen, Part 1  ( link ), where I talked about the decision between cloud and personal device, and between desktop and laptop computers. Laptops comes in many shapes and sizes nowadays, with different trade-offs in each design. Due to the GPU requirement, tiny laptops such as ultrabooks are out of the picture, as they do not have the space or the heat dissipation capacity of larger laptops. As this laptop is going to be my desktop replacement and my main computer, I wanted as much of a behemeth of a machine as possible, with the biggest screen and the highest specs available for a CPU and GPU that is within a reasonable price point. The largest laptops in production have 17" screens...

Minecraft Oil Rig Platform by N11ck ( YouTube link ) A New Machine To study deep learning, one must eventually run training algorithms for the neural networks, and this requires quite a bit of computational power. Depending on how recently you purchased your computer, and what it is used for, it may or may not be enough. Perhaps you are a heavy PC gamer, perhaps you use your computer to do video editing, or perhaps you are a game developer and have a top of the line PC, in which case it's likely that your current computer can handle the load for networks up to a certain complexity. As my laptops are several years ago by now, they will not be able to handle the workload, and I must look for an alternative. Cloud Versus Personal Computer Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII. He won't run your workloads, but he will save your planet from destruction. The first choice to be made is whether you will rely on computational resources in the cloud, or have a personal mac...