Re: Misc: Applications of small floating point formats.

On Sat, 3 Aug 2024 11:40:23 +0200, Terje Mathisen wrote:

MitchAlsup1 wrote:
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So, you have identified the problem:: 8-bits contains insufficient
exponent and fraction widths to be considered standard format. Thus, in
order to utilize 8-bit FP one needs several incarnations.
This just points back at the problem:: FP needs at least 10 bits.

 
I agree that fp10 is probably the shortest sane/useful version, but
1:3:4 does in fact contain enough exponent and mantissa bits to be
considered an ieee754 format.

The AI folks are quite happy with 8-bit floats for many applications. In
fact, they prefer more exponent bits and fewer in the mantissa.