
layout: blog_detail
title: 'PyTorch for AMD ROCm™ Platform now available as Python package'
author: Niles Burbank – Director PM at AMD, Mayank Daga – Director, Deep Learning Software at AMD

With the PyTorch 1.8 release, we are delighted to announce a new installation option for users of
PyTorch on the ROCm™ open software platform. An installable Python package is now hosted on
pytorch.org, along with instructions for local installation in the same simple, selectable format as
PyTorch packages for CPU-only configurations and other GPU platforms. PyTorch on ROCm includes full
capability for mixed-precision and large-scale training using AMD’s MIOpen & RCCL libraries. This
provides a new option for data scientists, researchers, students, and others in the community to get
started with accelerated PyTorch using AMD GPUs.



The ROCm Ecosystem