Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN)
No estimate
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
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- IDSIA,SUPSI
- Organisation type
- Academia,Academia
- Country
- Switzerland
- Published
- 14 February 2014
- Authors
- Jan Koutník, Klaus Greff, Faustino Gomez, Jürgen Schmidhuber
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Speech
- Task
- Audio classification
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Parameters
- 10K
- Training data
- tokens
"For every word there are 7 examples from different speakers, which were partitioned into 5 for training and 2 for testing, for a total of 175 sequences (125 train, 50 test)." 25 words × 7 speakers = 175 sequences (125 train / 50 test)
Availability
Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.
- Weights
- Closed — provider access only
- Model access
- Unreleased
- Training code
- Unreleased
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Record confidence
- Confident
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- A Clockwork RNN
- Last updated
- 11 February 2026
What the numbers mean
Where it came from
Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN) was published by IDSIA,SUPSI, in the country recorded as Switzerland, during February 2014. The publishing organisation is categorised as academia,Academia.
It works in the domain of Speech, and is recorded as performing the task of audio classification.
Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.
Answers
Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN) — common questions
Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN)— who created it?
It was published by IDSIA,SUPSI, based in Switzerland, an organisation categorised as academia,Academia.
Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN)— when was it released?
It was published in February 2014. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN)— what is it used for?
It works in the domain of Speech, and is recorded as handling the task of audio classification. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.
Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN)— what GPU do I need to run it?
None. This 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.
Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN)— is it open source?
No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.
Clockwork RNN (CW-RNN)— how many parameters does it have?
It has a parameter count of 10K. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.
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