Class Global

Global settings for SiaNet library

Inheritance

System.Object

Global

Namespace: SiaNet

Assembly: SiaNet.dll

Syntax

public class Global

Properties

CurrentBackend

Get the current backend of the SiaNet. Plaese invoke Global.UseEngine method to set the backend.

Declaration

public static IBackend CurrentBackend { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IBackend	The current backend.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.NullReferenceException	Invoke Global.UseEngine() function first to setup the backend and device.

Methods

UseEngine(IBackend, DeviceType, Boolean)

Method to set the backend and device type.

Supported Engine: ArrayFire, TensorSharp, CNTK, TensorFlow, MXNet

Supported Device: CPU, CUDA, OpenCL

Example use:

Global.UseEngine(SiaNet.Backend.ArrayFire.SiaNetBackend.Instance, DeviceType.CPU);

Declaration

public static void UseEngine(IBackend backend, DeviceType deviceType = DeviceType.Default, bool cudnn = false)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IBackend	backend	The backend.
DeviceType	deviceType	Type of the device.
System.Boolean	cudnn	if set to true [cudnn].

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentException	CuDnn work with CUDA device type