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amp.initialize

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Description

First thanks for the Apex library. It is an excellent help for FP16 training.

I am trying to load a pre-trained network again, and my concern is that if I want to use amp.initialize function, I also have to define an optimizer since it is a mandatory argument to the function. If I wish to not to use this function, I should manually cast all input to FP16 and the model itself. I am wondering if there is an API, so I can load the pre-trained network in respect to opt-level, without defining an optimizer during inference part.
Thanks.

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Start with the amp.initialize entry point and trace how its mandatory optimizer and opt-level arguments are handled for pre-trained models. Done means inference can use the requested opt-level without defining an optimizer, with the expected FP16 behavior preserved.

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Tech stack
python, pytorch
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
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