Spectrally Normalized GAN

Closed weights Preferred Networks Inc,Ritsumeikan University,National Institute of Informatics February 2018

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No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

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Origin

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Organisation
Preferred Networks Inc,Ritsumeikan University,National Institute of Informatics
Organisation type
Industry,Academia
Country
Japan
Published
16 February 2018
Authors
Takeru Miyato, Toshiki Kataoka, Masanori Koyama, Yuichi Yoshida

What it does

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Domain
Image generation
Task
Image generation

Size

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Training data
2,560,000 tokens

How it is classified

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Record confidence
Unknown
Citations
4,967

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Spectral Normalization for Generative Adversarial Networks
Last updated
25 May 2026

What the numbers mean

Background

Spectrally Normalized GAN was published by Preferred Networks Inc,Ritsumeikan University,National Institute of Informatics, in Japan, in February 2018. industry,Academia is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Image generation, and is recorded as doing image generation.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

How it was trained

It was trained on about 2,560,000 tokens of text.

Answers

Spectrally Normalized GAN — common questions

01

How many parameters does Spectrally Normalized GAN have?

No parameter count has been published for Spectrally Normalized GAN, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

02

Who created Spectrally Normalized GAN?

Spectrally Normalized GAN was published by Preferred Networks Inc,Ritsumeikan University,National Institute of Informatics, based in Japan, categorised as industry,Academia.

03

When was Spectrally Normalized GAN released?

Spectrally Normalized GAN was published in February 2018. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is Spectrally Normalized GAN used for?

Spectrally Normalized GAN works in Image generation, and is recorded as handling image generation. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

05

What GPU do I need to run Spectrally Normalized GAN?

None. Spectrally Normalized GAN is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Is Spectrally Normalized GAN open source?

The licensing for Spectrally Normalized GAN was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 25 May 2026

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