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I never knew what the “b” in “bfloat” was in all these new DL chips… until today. Man that’s bad.
by QuixoticQuibit 6y ago
I never knew what the “b” in “bfloat” was in all these new DL chips… until today. Man that’s bad.
- boulos 6y agoDisclosure: 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-architecture-and-a100-products https://www.anandtech.com/show/15801/nvidia-announces-ampere...
- joaogui1 6y agoIt's (Google) Brain float