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With 8 bits, table lookup is possible. Other formats are possible, UNUM for example. Even application specific formats are possible. If you know that all of yo
by CalChris 10y ago
With 8 bits, table lookup is possible. Other formats are possible, UNUM for example.
Even application specific formats are possible. If you know that all of your values are between 0 and 1 what is the point of standards compliance?
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- svantana 10y agoLeaving aside that the original article is probably meant as a joke (the definitions are really stupid), the point of low precision is to get good performance with highly parallel operations, implemented in hardware.
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