C3W4_Assignment: Slow model training

[Sebastiano_Rossi]

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Q: The training of the model is slow: 30 mins ETA per epoch using T4 runtime. Is this expected or an hint of an error?

[Deepti_Prasad]

Hello @Sebastiano_Rossi

Did you try the fallback runtime?

TF-AT: Using the Fallback Runtime to Avoid Slow Training in Colab

NOTE (02/08/2024): The fallback runtime is now unavailable. You can only access it for a few weeks after Colab updates its runtime. Please create a new topic if you’re having training issues with the labs. Thank you. Google Colab updates its runtime periodically to use newer versions of packages like Tensorflow. This can sometimes affect the use of GPUs for notebooks that require older versions. You will notice that when you reach the training part of the exercise. The lack of GPU will result i…

Let me know if your training is still slow

Regards
DP