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Installation

To install Optimum for Intel® Gaudi® AI accelerator, you first need to install Intel Gaudi Software and the Intel Gaudi AI accelerator drivers by following the official installation guide. Then, Optimum for Intel Gaudi can be installed using `pip` as follows:

    python -m pip install --upgrade-strategy eager optimum[habana]

To use Microsoft® DeepSpeed with Intel Gaudi devices, you also need to run the following command:

    python -m pip install git+https://github.com/HabanaAI/DeepSpeed.git@1.22.0

To ensure that you are installing the correct Intel Gaudi Software, please run the `hl-smi` command to confirm the software version being used in the system and apply the same version when running the DeepSpeed installation; please review the Intel Gaudi Support Matrix and ensure that you are using an appropriate version of DeepSpeed.

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