tf.config.experimental.set_virtual_device_configuration

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Set the virtual device configuration for a PhysicalDevice.

tf.config.experimental.set_virtual_device_configuration(
    device, virtual_devices
)

A PhysicalDevice marked as visible will by default have a single LogicalDevice allocated to it once the runtime is configured. Specifying a list of tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration objects allows multiple devices to be configured that utilize the same PhysicalDevice.

The following example splits the CPU into 2 virtual devices:

physical_devices = tf.config.experimental.list_physical_devices('CPU')
assert len(physical_devices) == 1, "No CPUs found"
# Specify 2 virtual CPUs. Note currently memory limit is not supported.
tf.config.experimental.set_virtual_device_configuration(
  physical_devices[0],
  [tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration(),
   tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration()])
logical_devices = tf.config.experimental.list_logical_devices('CPU')
assert len(logical_devices) == 2

try:
  tf.config.experimental.set_virtual_device_configuration(
    physical_devices[0],
    [tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration(),
     tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration(),
     tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration(),
     tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration()])
except:
  print('Cannot modify the virtual devices once they have been initialized.')

The following example splits the GPU into 2 virtual devices with 100 MB each:

physical_devices = tf.config.experimental.list_physical_devices('GPU')
assert len(physical_devices) > 0, "No GPUs found"
tf.config.experimental.set_virtual_device_configuration(
  physical_devices[0],
  [tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration(memory_limit=100),
   tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration(memory_limit=100)])

try:
  tf.config.experimental.set_memory_growth(physical_devices[0], True)
except:
  print('Cannot set memory growth when virtual devices configured')

logical_devices = tf.config.experimental.list_logical_devices('GPU')
assert len(logical_devices) == len(physical_devices) + 1

try:
  tf.config.experimental.set_virtual_device_configuration(
    physical_devices[0],
    [tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration(memory_limit=10),
     tf.config.experimental.VirtualDeviceConfiguration(memory_limit=10)])
except:
  print('Cannot modify the virtual devices once they have been initialized.')

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