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+# Basic Examples   
+Use these examples to test how lightning works.   
+
+### Test on CPU  
+```bash
+python cpu_template.py
+```
+
+### Test on GPUs   
+This demo can train on a single GPU, multiple GPUs or multiple nodes by
+passing in different flags.   
+
+##### Train on a single GPU
+```bash
+python gpu_template.py --gpus 1
+```   
+
+---    
+##### DataParallel (dp)   
+Train on multiple GPUs using DataParallel.
+
+```bash
+python gpu_template.py --gpus 2 --distributed_backend dp
+```   
+
+##### DistributedDataParallel (ddp)    
+
+Train on multiple GPUs using DistributedDataParallel   
+```bash
+python gpu_template.py --gpus 2 --distributed_backend ddp
+```
+
+##### DistributedDataParallel+DP (ddp2)    
+
+Train on multiple GPUs using DistributedDataParallel + dataparallel.
+On a single node, uses all GPUs for 1 model. Then shares gradient information
+across nodes.   
+```bash
+python gpu_template.py --gpus 2 --distributed_backend ddp2
+```