tpu_name_util.py

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"""Helper functions for TPU device names."""

from typing import Text
from tensorflow.python.util.tf_export import tf_export


@tf_export(v1=["tpu.core"])
def core(num: int) -> Text:
  """Returns the device name for a core in a replicated TPU computation.

  Args:
    num: the virtual core number within each replica to which operators should
    be assigned.
  Returns:
    A device name, suitable for passing to `tf.device()`.
  """
  return "device:TPU_REPLICATED_CORE:{}".format(num)