Hardware Documents
Bow Pod systems
Bow-2000 IPU-Machine Datasheet
Technical specifications for the Bow-2000 IPU-Machine.
Bow Pod Direct Attach Build and Test Guide
Instructions for assembling the hardware, installing the software, and then testing a single Bow-2000 direct attach system.
Bow Pod16 Reference Design Datasheet
Technical specifications for the Bow Pod16 reference design.
Bow Pod64 Reference Design: Build and Test Guide
Instructions for assembling the hardware, installing the software, and then testing a Bow Pod64 system.
Bow Pod64 Reference Design Datasheet
Technical specifications for the Bow Pod64 reference design.
Bow Pod256 Reference Design Datasheet
Technical specifications for the Bow Pod256.
Instructions to expand Bow Pod systems. Expansions described: Bow Pod16 direct attach to Bow Pod64, and Bow Pod64 to larger Bow Pod systems.
User guide that describes how to replace field-serviceable parts in a Pod system or in an IPU-Machine.
IPU-POD systems
IPU-M2000 IPU-Machine Datasheet
Technical specifications for the IPU-M2000 IPU-Machine.
IPU-POD Direct Attach Build and Test Guide
Instructions for assembling the hardware, installing the software, and then testing an IPU‑POD16 system.
IPU-POD16 Direct Attach Datasheet
Technical specifications for the IPU‑POD16.
IPU-POD64 Reference Design: Build and Test Guide
Instructions for assembling the hardware, installing the software, and then testing an IPU‑POD64 system.
IPU-POD64 Reference Design: Installation and Integration Guide
Requirements and a high-level best practice guide for deploying the IPU‑POD64 into a data centre environment.
IPU-POD64 Reference Design Datasheet
Technical specifications for the IPU‑POD64.
IPU-POD64 Data Centre Checklist
A checklist to confirm requirements for data centres installing IPU‑POD64 systems.
IPU-POD128 Reference Design: Build and Test Guide
Instructions for assembling the hardware, installing the software, and then testing an IPU‑POD128 system.
IPU-POD128 Data Centre Checklist
A checklist to confirm requirements for data centres installing IPU‑POD128 systems.
IPU-POD128 Reference Design Datasheet
Technical specifications for the IPU‑POD128.
Instructions to expand IPU-POD systems. Expansions described: IPU‑POD4 direct attach to IPU‑POD16 direct attach, IPU‑POD16 direct attach to IPU‑POD64 and IPU‑POD64 to larger IPU-POD systems.
User guide that describes how to replace field-serviceable parts in a Pod system or in an IPU-Machine.
Other information
Pod Deployment Datacentre Checklist
A checklist to confirm requirements for data centres installing Pod systems.
Specification of servers approved for use with IPU-Machines and IPU-POD systems.
Reference architectures
Graphcore OpenStack Reference Design for IPU-POD Systems
A reference configuration of an IPU‑POD64 deployed with OpenStack management software
Scaling AI with Graphcore and Pure Storage
An example reference architecture, developed with Pure Storage, using FlashBlade storage with the IPU-POD
Graphcore IPU Based Systems with Weka Data Platform
An example reference architecture has been developed in partnership with Weka using the Weka data platform for AI with a Graphcore Pod.
Graphcore Pod with DDN Storage
An example reference architecture has been developed in partnership with DDN storage solutions using a DDN AI400X2 storage system with a Graphcore Pod.
Troubleshoooting
Information for recovering from ICU error states, for example after a failed firmware update.
User guide that describes how to replace field-serviceable parts in a Pod system or in an IPU-Machine.
C600 cards
Note
These documents only apply to the C600 cards. At present, the C600 cards are only supported in China.
Technical specification for the C600 PCIe Gen4 card.
IPU Inference Toolkit Quick Start
Deploy a trained model to a C600 IPU
IPU Inference Toolkit User Guide
Deploy trained models to Graphcore IPU products conveniently and quickly
Tool for converting and compiling trained models for running on a C600 IPU
Kubernetes IPU Device Plugin User Guide
Manage IPU resources
Kubernetes IPU Device Plugin License
License details for use of the Kubernetes IPU Device Plugin
SMBus specification for C600 cards
C600 PCIe Accelerator: Power and Thermal Control
Power consumption, fan control, and thermal protection mechanisms for C600 cards
中文文件
C600 Gen4卡技术参数
将训练后的模型部署到 C600 IPU
方便快捷地将训练好的模型部署到Graphcore IPU产品
工具：转换和编译在 C600 IPU 上运行的训练好的模型