This repository contains the source code of OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow, a product that delivers OpenVINO™ inline optimizations and runtime needed for an enhanced level of TensorFlow compatibility. It is designed for developers who want to get started with OpenVINO™ in their inferencing applications to enhance inferencing performance with minimal code modifications. OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow accelerates inference across many AI models on a variety of Intel® silicon such as:
- Intel® CPUs
- Intel® integrated GPUs
- Intel® Movidius™ Vision Processing Units - referred as VPU
- Intel® Vision Accelerator Design with 8 Intel Movidius™ MyriadX VPUs - referred as VAD-M or HDDL
[Note: For maximum performance, efficiency, tooling customization, and hardware control, we recommend going beyond this component to adopt native OpenVINO™ APIs and its runtime.]
- Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04
- Python 3.6, 3.7, or 3.8
- TensorFlow v2.4.1
Check our Interactive Installation Table for a menu of installation options. The table will help you configure the installation process.
This OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow package comes with pre-built libraries of OpenVINO™ version 2021.3 meaning you don't have to install OpenVINO™ separately. This package supports:
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Intel® CPUs
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Intel® integrated GPUs
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Intel® Movidius™ Vision Processing Units (VPUs)
pip3 install -U pip==21.0.1 pip3 install -U tensorflow==2.4.1 pip3 install openvino-tensorflow
If you want to leverage Intel® Vision Accelerator Design with Movidius™ (VAD-M) for inference, install OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow alongside the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit.
For more details on other modes of installation, please refer to BUILD.md
Once you've installed OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow, you can use TensorFlow to run inference using a trained model.
To see if OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow is properly installed, run
python3 -c "import tensorflow as tf; print('TensorFlow version: ',tf.__version__);\
import openvino_tensorflow; print(openvino_tensorflow.__version__)"
This should produce an output like:
TensorFlow version: 2.4.1
OpenVINO integration with TensorFlow version: b'0.5.0'
OpenVINO version used for this build: b'2021.3'
TensorFlow version used for this build: v2.4.1
CXX11_ABI flag used for this build: 0
OpenVINO integration with TensorFlow built with Grappler: False
By default, Intel® CPU is used to run inference. However, you can change the default option to either Intel® integrated GPU or Intel® VPU for AI inferencing. Invoke the following function to change the hardware on which inferencing is done.
openvino_tensorflow.set_backend('<backend_name>')
Supported backends include 'CPU', 'GPU', 'MYRIAD', and 'VAD-M'.
To determine what processing units are available on your system for inference, use the following function:
openvino_tensorflow.list_backends()
For more API calls and environment variables, see USAGE.md.
To see what you can do with OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow, explore the demos located in the examples directory.
OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow is licensed under Apache License Version 2.0. By contributing to the project, you agree to the license and copyright terms therein and release your contribution under these terms.
Submit your questions, feature requests and bug reports via GitHub issues.
We welcome community contributions to OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow. If you have an idea for improvement:
- Share your proposal via GitHub issues.
- Submit a pull request.
We will review your contribution as soon as possible. If any additional fixes or modifications are necessary, we will guide you and provide feedback. Before you make your contribution, make sure you can build OpenVINO™ integration with TensorFlow and run all the examples with your fix/patch. If you want to introduce a large feature, create test cases for your feature. Upon our verification of your pull request, we will merge it to the repository provided that the pull request has met the above mentioned requirements and proved acceptable.