MAINT: Harmonise GPU admonition, remove backend checks + add nvidia-smi (#47)

* Remove backend check, add to status page, add GPU admonition

* add nvidia-smi to view hardware

Author: mmcky

lectures/aiyagari_jax.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ kernelspec:
 
 # The Aiyagari Model
 
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
+
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
+```
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -55,18 +64,6 @@ import jax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
 ```
 
-
-Let’s check the backend used by JAX and the devices available.
-
-```{code-cell} ipython3
-# Check if JAX is using GPU
-print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}")
-
-# Check the devices available for JAX
-print(jax.devices())
-```
-
-
 We will use 64 bit floats with JAX in order to increase the precision.
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3

lectures/arellano.md

@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ kernelspec:
 
 # Default Risk and Income Fluctuations
 
-+++
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
+
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
+```
 
 In addition to what's in Anaconda, this lecture will need the following libraries:
 

lectures/inventory_dynamics.md

@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ kernelspec:
 
 # Inventory Dynamics
 
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
+
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
+```
+
 ```{index} single: Markov process, inventory
 ```
 

lectures/jax_intro.md

@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ kernelspec:
 # JAX
 
 
-```{note}
-This lecture is built using [hardware](status:machine-details) that
-has access to a GPU. This means that 
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
 
-1. the lecture might be significantly slower when running on your machine, and
-2. the code is well-suited to execution with [Google colab](https://colab.research.google.com/github/QuantEcon/lecture-python-programming.notebooks/blob/master/jax_intro.ipynb)
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
 ```
 
 This lecture provides a short introduction to [Google JAX](https://github.com/google/jax).

lectures/kesten_processes.md

@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ kernelspec:
 :depth: 2
 ```
 
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
+
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
+```
+
 In addition to what's in Anaconda, this lecture will need the following libraries:
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3
@@ -64,17 +74,6 @@ from jax import random
 ```
 
 
-Let’s check the backend used by JAX and the devices available
-
-```{code-cell} ipython3
-# Check if JAX is using GPU
-print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}")
-
-# Check the devices available for JAX
-print(jax.devices())
-```
-
-
 ## Kesten processes
 
 ```{index} single: Kesten processes; heavy tails

lectures/newtons_method.md

@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ kernelspec:
 
 # Newton’s Method via JAX
 
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
+
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
+```
+
 ## Overview
 
 Continuing from the [Newton's Method lecture](https://python.quantecon.org/newton_method.html), we are going to solve the multidimensional problem with `JAX`.
@@ -28,16 +38,6 @@ import jax.numpy as jnp
 from scipy.optimize import root
 ```
 
-Let’s check the backend used by JAX and the devices available.
-
-```{code-cell} ipython3
-# Check if JAX is using GPU
-print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}")
-
-# Check the devices available for JAX
-print(jax.devices())
-```
-
 ## The Two Goods Market Equilibrium
 
 Let's have a quick recap of this problem -- a more detailed explanation and derivation can be found at [A Two Goods Market Equilibrium](https://python.quantecon.org/newton_method.html#two-goods-market).

lectures/opt_invest.md

@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ kernelspec:
 
 # Optimal Investment
 
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
+
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
+```
+
 We require the following library to be installed.
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3
@@ -26,7 +36,9 @@ We require the following library to be installed.
 A monopolist faces inverse demand
 curve
 
-$$    P_t = a_0 - a_1 Y_t + Z_t, $$
+$$
+P_t = a_0 - a_1 Y_t + Z_t,
+$$
 
 where
 
@@ -61,18 +73,6 @@ import jax.numpy as jnp
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 ```
 
-
-Let’s check the backend used by JAX and the devices available
-
-```{code-cell} ipython3
-# Check if JAX is using GPU
-print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}")
-
-# Check the devices available for JAX
-print(jax.devices())
-```
-
-
 We will use 64 bit floats with JAX in order to increase the precision.
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3

lectures/opt_savings.md

@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ kernelspec:
 
 # Optimal Savings
 
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
+
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
+```
+
 In addition to what’s in Anaconda, this lecture will need the following libraries:
 
 ```{code-cell} ipython3

lectures/short_path.md

@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ kernelspec:
 
 # Shortest Paths
 
+```{admonition} GPU
+:class: warning
+
+This lecture is accelerated via [hardware](status:machine-details) that has access to a GPU and JAX for GPU programming.
+
+Free GPUs are available on Google Colab. To use this option, please click on the play icon top right, select Colab, and set the runtime environment to include a GPU.
+
+Alternatively, if you have your own GPU, you can follow the [instructions](https://github.com/google/jax) for installing JAX with GPU support. If you would like to install JAX running on the `cpu` only you can use `pip install jax[cpu]`
+```
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -28,19 +37,6 @@ import jax.numpy as jnp
 import jax
 ```
 
-
-
-Let’s check the backend used by JAX and the devices available.
-
-```{code-cell} ipython3
-# Check if JAX is using GPU
-print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}")
-
-# Check the devices available for JAX
-print(jax.devices())
-```
-
-
 ## Solving for Minimum Cost-to-Go
 
 Let $J(v)$ denote the minimum cost-to-go from node $v$,

lectures/status.md

@@ -20,4 +20,12 @@ This table contains the latest execution statistics.
 
 These lectures are built on `linux` instances through `github actions`  and `amazon web services (aws)` to
 enable access to a `gpu`. These lectures are built on a [p3.2xlarge](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/p3/)
-that has access to `8 vcpu's`, a `V100 NVIDIA Tesla GPU`, and `61 Gb` of memory.
+that has access to `8 vcpu's`, a `V100 NVIDIA Tesla GPU`, and `61 Gb` of memory.
+
+You can check the backend used by JAX using:
+
+```{code-cell} ipython3
+import jax
+# Check if JAX is using GPU
+print(f"JAX backend: {jax.devices()[0].platform}")
+```