CoreNet is Apple’s internal deep learning framework for distributed neural network training, designed for high scalability, low-latency communication, and strong hardware efficiency. It focuses on enabling large-scale model training across clusters of GPUs and accelerators by optimizing data flow and parallelism strategies. CoreNet provides abstractions for data, tensor, and pipeline parallelism, allowing models to scale without code duplication or heavy manual configuration. Its distributed runtime manages synchronization, load balancing, and mixed-precision computation to maximize throughput while minimizing communication bottlenecks. CoreNet integrates tightly with Apple’s proprietary ML stack and hardware, serving as the foundation for research in computer vision, language models, and multimodal systems within Apple AI. The framework includes monitoring tools, fault tolerance mechanisms, and efficient checkpointing for massive training runs.
Features
- Distributed deep learning framework for large-scale neural network training
- Unified abstractions for data, tensor, and pipeline parallelism
- Optimized communication stack for low latency and high throughput
- Integration with Apple’s hardware accelerators and ML runtime
- Support for mixed-precision training and efficient checkpointing
- Fault-tolerant distributed runtime with monitoring and scaling tools