mindspore.hal

Hal encapsulates interfaces for device, stream, and event. MindSpore abstracts the corresponding modules from different backends, allowing users to schedule hardware resources at the Python layer.

Device

API Name	Description	Supported Platforms
mindspore.hal.device_count	Returns device count of specified backend.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.get_arch_list	Get the architecture list this MindSpore was compiled for.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.get_device_capability	Get specified device's capability.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.get_device_name	Get specified device's name.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.get_device_properties	Get specified device's properties.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.is_available	Returns whether specified backend is available.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.is_initialized	Returns whether specified backend is initialized.	Ascend GPU CPU

Stream

API Name	Description	Supported Platforms
mindspore.hal.current_stream	Return current stream used on this device.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.default_stream	Return default stream on this device.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.set_cur_stream	Sets the current stream.This is a wrapper API to set the stream.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.synchronize	Synchronize all streams on current device.(Each MindSpore process only occupies one device)	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.Stream	Wrapper around a device stream.	Ascend GPU CPU
mindspore.hal.StreamCtx	Context-manager that selects a given stream.	Ascend GPU CPU

Event

API Name	Description	Supported Platforms
mindspore.hal.Event	Wrapper around a device event.	Ascend GPU CPU