tf.config.set_visible_devices

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Set the list of visible devices.

tf.config.set_visible_devices(
    devices, device_type=None
)

Specifies which PhysicalDevice objects are visible to the runtime. TensorFlow will only allocate memory and place operations on visible physical devices, as otherwise no LogicalDevice will be created on them. By default all discovered devices are marked as visible.

The following example demonstrates disabling the first GPU on the machine.

physical_devices = tf.config.list_physical_devices('GPU')
try:
  # Disable first GPU
  tf.config.set_visible_devices(physical_devices[1:], 'GPU')
  logical_devices = tf.config.list_logical_devices('GPU')
  # Logical device was not created for first GPU
  assert len(logical_devices) == len(physical_devices) - 1
except:
  # Invalid device or cannot modify virtual devices once initialized.
  pass

devices List of PhysicalDevices to make visible
device_type (optional) Only configure devices matching this device type. For example "CPU" or "GPU". Other devices will be left unaltered.

ValueError If argument validation fails.
RuntimeError Runtime is already initialized.