BFLOAT16

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf floating point unit
gptkbp:advantage lower precision than IEEE 754 half-precision
wider exponent range than IEEE 754 half-precision
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:IEEE_754
gptkbp:distinctFrom IEEE 754 half-precision
gptkbp:exponentBits 8
gptkbp:fullName Brain Floating Point 16
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label BFLOAT16
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Google
gptkbp:introducedIn 2018
gptkbp:signBit 1
gptkbp:significandBits 7
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Intel_CPUs
gptkb:NVIDIA_Ampere_GPUs
gptkb:AMD_CPUs
gptkb:Google_TPU
gptkbp:usedFor neural network training
neural network inference
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:machine_learning
deep learning
gptkbp:width 16
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tensor_Cores
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7