Environment Setup

When developing and compiling an AI app based on the APIs provided by CANN, the development environment must meet the following software and hardware requirements:

• Hardware: one x86 server or Arm server
• Software: Install the CANN Toolkit package and CANN ops package.

To run the AI app, the operating environment must meet the following software and hardware requirements:

• Hardware: A product powered by the Ascend AI processor (also called NPUs) is required.
• Software: In addition to the CANN Toolkit package and CANN ops package, you also need to install the NPU firmware package and NPU driver package.

You can click here to install the software packages in the environment as instructed. For details, see CANN Software Installation.