Computer Hardware for Machine Learning
Last Updated on June 7, 2016
A question that comes up from time to time is:
What hardware do I need to practice machine learning?
There was a time when I was a student when I was obsessed with more speed and more cores so I could run my algorithms faster and for longer. I have changed my perspective. Big hardware still matters, but only after you have considered a bunch of other factors.
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Hardware Lessons
The lesson is, if you are just starting out, you’re hardware doesn’t matter. Focus on learning with small datasets that fit in memory, such as those from the UCI Machine Learning Repository.
Learn good experimental design and make sure you ask the right questions and challenge your intuitions by testing diverse algorithms and interpreting your results through the lens of statistical hypothesis testing.
Once hardware does start to matter and you really need lots of cores and a whole lot of RAM, rent it just-in-time for your
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