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brrrrrm
on Aug 20, 2022
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for lack of bfloat16 support
hwers
on Aug 20, 2022
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whats the difference between float16 and bfloat16?
brrrrrm
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number of exponent bits. bfloat16 has a larger dynamic range with lower precision. e.g. this would be infinity in fp16
https://float.exposed/b0x5f80
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