R Deep Learning Essentials - Second Edition

Running Deep Learning Models in the Cloud

Up till now, we have only briefly discussed the hardware requirements for training deep learning models, as almost all of the examples in this book run on any modern computer. While you do not need a GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) based computer to run the examples in this book, there is no getting away from the fact that training complicated deep learning models requires a computer with a GPU. Even if you have a suitable GPU on your machine, installing the necessary software to train deep learning models using GPUs is not a trivial task. This section will briefly discuss how to install the necessary software to run deep learning models on GPUs and also discusses the advantages and disadvantages ...