Not true in this case, it was developed in the industry. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/fostering-ai-infrastructure-advancements-through-standardization

Not true in this case, it was developed in the industry. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/fostering-ai-infrastructure-advancements-through-standardization/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/fostering-ai-infrastr... "Building on years of design space exploration and research at Microsoft, Microscaling technology enables sub 8-bit formats while also enhancing the strength and ease-of-use of existing 8-bit formats such as FP8 and INT8. These advancements also help contribute to broader sustainability goals like reducing the environmental impact of AI technologies as demand continues to grow by improving the energy efficiency of AI in datacenters as well as on many AI endpoints." Of course, it was not the first block floating point, those have been around since the 1963! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_floating_point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_floating_point.