Re: Misc: Applications of small floating point formats.

On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:31:35 -0500, BGB wrote:

Binary16 is useful for graphics and audio processing.

The common format for CG work is OpenEXR, and that allows for 32-bit and
even 64-bit floats, per pixel component. So for example R-G-B-Alpha is 4
components.

The 8-bit formats get a bit more niche; main use-cases mostly to save
memory.

Heavily used in AI work.