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Supercomputers are measured based on 64 bit floating point operations. Here they (inaptly) compared it to their 8 bit floating point operations (which are only
by phonon 2y ago
Supercomputers are measured based on 64 bit floating point operations. Here they (inaptly) compared it to their 8 bit floating point operations (which are only useful for AI workloads).
- zifpanachr23 2y agoGotcha. That makes a lot more sense. I was led to believe by the wording of the comparison that they were the same operations. Appreciate the explanation.
- onlyrealcuzzo 2y agoWhy is it inapt? If all you care about is an 8-bit AI workload (there's definitely a market for that), it's nice to have 24x the speed.
- remus 2y agoIt's an apples to oranges comparison.
- onlyrealcuzzo 2y agoIt's apples to apples if you care about 8-bit (a lot of people do these days). AFAIK, there wasn't a faster 8-bit super computer to compare to - which is why they made the comparison.