<s>
PlaidML	B-Application
is	O
a	O
portable	O
tensor	O
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tensor	O
compilers	O
bridge	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
the	O
universal	O
mathematical	O
descriptions	O
of	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
operations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
convolution	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
platform	O
and	O
chip	O
specific	O
code	O
needed	O
to	O
perform	O
those	O
operations	O
with	O
good	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
PlaidML	B-Application
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Tile	O
eDSL	O
to	O
generate	O
OpenCL	B-Application
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
LLVM	B-Application
,	O
or	O
CUDA	B-Architecture
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
on	O
devices	O
where	O
the	O
available	O
computing	O
hardware	O
is	O
either	O
not	O
well	O
supported	O
or	O
the	O
available	O
software	O
stack	O
contains	O
only	O
proprietary	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
CUDA	B-Architecture
or	O
cuDNN	O
on	O
Nvidia	O
hardware	O
,	O
while	O
achieving	O
comparable	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlaidML	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
machine	O
learning	O
libraries	O
Keras	B-Algorithm
,	O
ONNX	B-Application
,	O
and	O
nGraph	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Keras	B-Algorithm
have	O
dropped	O
support	O
of	O
multiple	O
backends	O
and	O
latest	O
Keras	B-Algorithm
version	O
is	O
n't	O
compatible	O
with	O
PlaidML	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
integration	O
with	O
Tensorflow-Keras	B-Language
is	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
Keras	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
Intel	O
acquired	O
Vertex.AI	O
,	O
a	O
startup	O
whose	O
mission	O
statement	O
was	O
“	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
for	O
every	O
platform	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
released	O
PlaidML	B-Application
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
to	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Licence	I-Application
(	O
version	O
2.0	O
)	O
to	O
improve	O
compatibility	O
with	O
nGraph	O
,	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
,	O
and	O
other	O
ecosystem	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
