ChainerX Documentation

Warning

This feature is still in the earliest stage of its development. The behavior and interface are subject to change.

ChainerX is an ndarray implementation with Define-by-Run automatic differentiation capability. It roughly corresponds to “NumPy/CuPy + Chainer Variable”, while some additional features follow:

  • Speed: The whole ndarray and autograd implementation is written in C++, with a thin Python binding. It lowers the overhead existing in the pure Python implementation of Chainer.

  • Extensibility: The backend is pluggable so that it is much easier to add a support of new devices.

The speed is best achieved by directly using ChainerX APIs, while it also provides a compatibility layer through the conventional chainer.Variable interface for easier adoption of ChainerX in existing projects. See ChainerX Tutorial for more details.