Application programming interface to translate a tensor

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors to, in response to receiving an application programming interface (API) call that indicates a first tensor and a tensor map, cause a thread to initiate a transformation of the first tensor into a second tensor according to the tensor map, the first tensor and the second tensor having different tensor layouts, wherein the one or more processors are to cause the second tensor to be asynchronously stored such that the thread is permitted to perform other operations before storage of the second tensor is complete.

A method, comprising:

• receiving an application programming interface (API) call that indicates a first tensor and a tensor map, wherein the tensor map indicates a layout of a second tensor in memory;
• and
• in response to receipt of the API call, causing a thread to initiate a transformation of the first tensor into the second tensor according to the tensor map, the first tensor and the second tensor having different layouts, wherein the second tensor is to be asynchronously stored such that the thread is permitted to perform other operations before storage of the second tensor is complete.