Yes, it's a "Brain float", basically an ordinary 32-bit float with the low 16 mantissa bits cut off. Exact same range as fp32, lower precision, and not the sam

Yes, it's a "Brain float", basically an ordinary 32-bit float with the low 16 mantissa bits cut off. Exact same range as fp32, lower precision, and not the same as the other fp16, which has less exponent and more mantissa.