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Introducing Nx - José Valim | Lambda Days 2021

Jose Valim introduces Nx, the project bringing numerical computing to Elixir, covering multi-dimensional tensors, automatic differentiation and JIT compilation to CPU and GPU.

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended in Elixir and machine learning threads as the introduction to what Nx makes possible.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Code Sync
Topic
numerical computing in elixir
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
3
Recommendation years in dataset
2021–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Lots of people mention Nx and of course I want to do the same but with a link to a youtube video, in case you wonder what's possible currently. [VIDEO]

    rmetzler on Hacker News · 2021-03
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  • If you have not been following the work José and Sean have been doing lately, I recommend you watching José’s talk introducing Elixir Nx [VIDEO]

    bfm on Hacker News · 2021-04
    In Axon: A library for creating neural networks in Elixir

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