<story><title>A Full Hardware Guide to Deep Learning</title><url>http://timdettmers.com/2018/12/16/deep-learning-hardware-guide/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>minimaxir</author><text>It should be noted that explicit hardware for deep learning is only worth it if you&amp;#x27;re training with high uptime (or are using the hardware for other things, e.g. gaming).&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re a hobbyist training a model on a small dataset, the current prices of using cloud computing and running a GPU-backed VM for a couple hours on demand will still be cheaper in the long run.</text></comment>
<story><title>A Full Hardware Guide to Deep Learning</title><url>http://timdettmers.com/2018/12/16/deep-learning-hardware-guide/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hodgesrm</author><text>Just curious--anyone have recommendations for building a home box to develop apps before pushing to Amazon?  I like the quick turnaround of local development but don&amp;#x27;t need to train&amp;#x2F;run models at full power on my local servers.&lt;p&gt;p.s. great article, many thanks to @hunglee2 for posting. Wish I could upvote more than once.</text></comment>