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Python Package Overview
========
This section provides an overview of the Python Package from a functionality perspective. If you wish to see all the classes and their respective functions you can find that in the `Python Class Reference Section <python-reference>`_.
Below is a diagram that provides insights on the relationship between Vulkan Kompute objects and Vulkan resources, which primarily encompass ownership of either CPU and/or GPU memory.
.. image:: ../images/kompute-architecture.jpg
:width: 70%
Python Components
^^^^^^^^
The Python package exposes three main classes:
* :class:`kp.Manager` - Manages all high level Vulkan and Kompute resources created
* :class:`kp.Sequence` - Contains a set of recorded operations that can be reused
* :class:`kp.Tensor` - Core data component to manage GPU and host data used in operations
One thing that you will notice is that the class :class:`kp::OpBase` and all its relevant operator subclasses are not exposed in Python.
This is primarily because the way to interact with the operations are through the respective :class:`kp.Manager` and :class:`kp.Sequence` functions.
More specifically, it can be through the following functions:
* mgr.eval_<opname> - Runs operation under an existing named sequence
* mgr.eval_<opname>_def - Runs operation under a new anonymous sequence
* mgr.eval_async_<opname> - Runs operation asynchronously under an existing named sequence
* mgr.eval_async_<opname>_def - Runs operation asynchronously under a new anonymous sequence
* seq.record_<opname> - Records operation in sequence (requires sequence to be in recording mode)
You can see these operations being used in the `Simple Python example <https://kompute.cc/index.html#python-example-simple>`_ and in the `Extended Python Example <https://kompute.cc/index.html#python-example-extended>`_.
Kompute Operation Capabilities
^^^^^
Handling multiple capabilites of processing can be done by compute shaders being loaded into separate sequences. The example below shows how this can be done:
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:
from kp import Manager
# We'll assume we have the shader data available
from my_spv_shader_data import mult_shader, sum_shader
mgr = Manager()
t1 = mgr.build_tensor([2,2,2])
t2 = mgr.build_tensor([1,2,3])
t3 = mgr.build_tensor([1,2,3])
# Create multiple separate sequences
sq_mult = mgr.create_sequence("SQ_MULT")
sq_sum = mgr.create_sequence("SQ_SUM")
sq_sync = mgr.create_sequence("SQ_SYNC")
# Initialize sq_mult
sq_mult.begin()
sq_mult.record_algo_data([t1, t2, t3], add_shader)
sq_mult.end()
sq_sum.begin()
sq_sum.record_algo_data([t3, t2, t1], sum_shader)
sq_sum.end()
sq_sync.begin()
sq_sync.record_tensor_sync_local([t1, t3])
sq_sync.end()
# Run multiple iterations
for i in range(10):
sq_mult.eval()
sq_sum.eval()
sq_sync.eval()
print(t1.data(), t2.data(), t3.data())
Package Installation
^^^^^^^^^
The package can be installed through the top level `setup.py` by running:
```
pip install .
```