Blaze: the future of numpy?

David Fischer

April 20, 2013

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What is Blaze?

http://blaze.pydata.org/

extends but does not replace numpy

backed by continuum.io

$3M in DARPA funding

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What do I need blaze for?

# What about this?

arange(15 * 10**9).reshape(150, 10**8)

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Features

Operate on data on disk similarly to data in memory

Custom shapes (not just N*M)

Custom types

Improved persistence formats

Add metadata to arrays

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Is it ready?

Installation is a pain – Anaconda helps

“Pre-alpha” software

Documentation is forthcoming

Using blaze means committing to blaze development

1.0 release targeted for 2014

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Future features

Database features like SQL & indexes

(improved) multi-core, multi-processor, distributed

(easier) GPU integration

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Resources

http://blaze.pydata.org/

http://continuum.io/blog/blaze

https://github.com/ContinuumIO/blaze-core

http://www.slideshare.net/teoliphant/blaze-a-largescale-arrayoriented-infrastructure-for-python

https://speakerdeck.com/sdiehl/blaze-next-generation-numpy

http://pythonsd.org

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