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Chainer

Machine Learning Framework

Chainer is an open-source deep learning framework written purely in Python on top of the NumPy and CuPy libraries. Its development is led by the Japanese venture company Preferred Networks, in partnership with IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Nvidia.

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Verified en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainer: "Chainer is an open source deep learning framework written purely in Python on top of NumPy and CuPy Python libraries."

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PyTorch, Frameworks

Scoped narrowly to the define-by-run approach, not general influence (not overclaimed as direct architectural copying). Verified en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainer: "Define-by-run has gained popularity since the introduction by Chainer and is now implemented in many other frameworks, including PyTorch and TensorFlow."

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