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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Python 3.6.9 : Google give a new tool for python users.

Today I discovered a real surprise gift made by the team from Google for the evolution of programmers.
I say this because not everyone can afford hardware resources.
This gift is a new tool called Colab and uses these versions of python and sys:
Python version
3.6.9 (default, Nov  7 2019, 10:44:02) 
[GCC 8.3.0]
Version info.
sys.version_info(major=3, minor=6, micro=9, releaselevel='final', serial=0)
This utility allows you to run source code that requires online hardware resources using your google account.
Colab allows you to use and share Jupyter notebooks because is an open-source project on which Colab is based.
The types of GPUs that are available in Colab varies over time.
This is necessary for Colab to be able to provide access to these resources for free.
The GPUs available in Colab often include Nvidia K80s, T4s, P4s, and P100s.
This way you can test demanding modules like the python TensorFlow module.
The utility is free but you can pay extra for more hardware resources.
Colab notebooks are stored in Google Drive, or can be loaded from GitHub.
You can see a simple intro with a notebook on my GitHub account.