Google opens TorchTPU: PyTorch on its TPU chips, after Amazon, against Nvidia’s lead

PyTorch est l’outil le plus utilisé pour créer des IA (« plus de 85 % des applications selon certains », cite TechCrunch).

Être in the present is est for a singular subject and sont for a plural one. It describes nature, state or place (“is”, “is located”). If what follows (the attribute) is a noun, adjective or prepositional phrase, it is not a passive. If a past participle follows, it is a passive (est annoncé). Headlines and summaries often use the present to describe the current situation.

Google a publié le 20 octobre TorchTPU, une version de PyTorch en open source pour ses puces TPU.

The passé composé is the most common past tense, used for “did” and “has done” — actions completed in the past. It is formed with the auxiliary avoir (a / ont…) in the present + a past participle. Past participles of -er verbs end in -é (annoncer → annoncé); learn the irregular ones (faire → fait, prendre → pris, voir → vu). In the negative, ne … pas wraps the auxiliary (n’a pas annoncé). In the news it reports facts that have already happened, such as “announced” or “voted”.

Conçu à l’origine pour les puces Nvidia, il était difficile à porter sur d’autres matériels, ce qui explique en partie la force de Nvidia.

The imparfait describes states, background, habits and actions in progress in the past (il était, elle avait, ils pensaient). Take the nous form of the present, drop -ons, and add -ais / -ais / -ait / -ions / -iez / -aient. If the passé composé gives “the event itself”, the imparfait paints “the situation at the time”.

SiliconANGLE écrit que convaincre les développeurs de quitter les GPU Nvidia demandera plus que ce lancement.

The futur simple means “will do” or “is planned to”. Add -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont to the infinitive (participer → il participera). Watch the irregular stems: être → ser-, avoir → aur-, aller → ir-, faire → fer-, pouvoir → pourr-, voir → verr-. In the news it is used for fixed plans and outlooks.

LiteRT, pour téléphones et ordinateurs, est mis à jour pour les applications PyTorch.

The passive means “is done” or “is being done”. It is formed with être + past participle, which agrees with the subject in gender and number (la mesure est adoptée / les mesures sont adoptées). The agent is introduced by par (or de). In the news it is common when the event, rather than the actor, is the focus (est prévu / est annoncé / est connu).

PyTorch a été créé par Meta en 2016, ouvert en 2022 et confié à la Linux Foundation.

The past passive means “was done”. Its form is present of avoir + été (past participle of être) + past participle. Été does not change, but the last participle agrees with the subject in gender and number (la loi a été votée / les textes ont été votés). It is frequent in news reporting results such as votes, decisions and announcements.

Amazon a aussi contribué au code amont de PyTorch pour le rendre moins dépendant de Nvidia ; selon SiliconANGLE, Google ne l’a pas fait cette fois.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Selon Google, les applications existantes peuvent être migrées par un simple changement de configuration, sans réécriture.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Selon Google, les applications existantes peuvent être migrées par un simple changement de configuration, sans réécriture.

Put a base-form verb after pouvoir. Peut means “can” or “may”; the conditional pourrait gives a more reserved possibility, “might”. It does not necessarily mean implementation is settled.

PyTorch est l’outil le plus utilisé pour créer des IA (« plus de 85 % des applications selon certains », cite TechCrunch).

This is the purpose, “in order to…”. Put the base form of a verb after pour. The purpose stated here is separate from whether the effect was actually achieved.

アマゾンは、PyTorchの本体にも、NVIDIAに頼らない形に近づける変更を送りましたが、SiliconANGLEによると、グーグルは、今回それをしていません。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

PyTorchは、AIを作るために広く使われているツールで、「AIアプリの約85％が使っている」という見方もあります（TechCrunchが引用した情報）。

ため is used for both reason and purpose. “成立ではないため” is a reason and “運転手を守るため” a purpose. Decide from the whole sentence whether what precedes is a cause or a goal.

グーグルは、Meta、Hugging Face、vLLMを作るInferact、SGLangを作るRadixArkなどと協力して、互換性を確認したといいます。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.

20日に公開されました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.

すでにあるプログラムを、書き直さずに、設定を少し変えるだけで、移せるとしています。

と takes the content that is reported or explained. In “改定する方針だと報じました”, “改定する方針だ” is what the report said. Separating the content from who said it and how makes long sentences easier to read.

それが、NVIDIAが強い理由の1つとされています。

The て-form links actions in a series, in order or as a reason. In “確認して、出発する” the relation is judged from the content. In “〜ている” it can show an action in progress or a continuing state.