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QuixoticQuibit on May 14, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nvidia CEO Introduces Nvidia Ampere Architecture, ...

I never knew what the “b” in “bfloat” was in all these new DL chips… until today. Man that’s bad.

boulos on May 14, 2020 | [–]

Disclosure: I work on Google Cloud.

I wouldn't worry about it. Looks like the Anandtech article [1] doesn't either :)

> bfloat16, a format popularized by Intel

[1] https://www.anandtech.com/show/15801/nvidia-announces-ampere...

joaogui1 on May 14, 2020 | [–]

It's (Google) Brain float

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