This is my quarterly request to #google to officially spec BF16, ideally via OCP. This is my quarterly request to #Nvidia to officially spec TF32, ideally via OCP. - ThreadSky

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fclc.bsky.social • 24 days ago

This is my quarterly request to #google to officially spec BF16, ideally via OCP.

This is my quarterly request to #Nvidia to officially spec TF32, ideally via OCP.

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fortran95.bsky.social•24 days ago

I want the other way. I’m officially calling on IEEE 754 to spec binary256, 512, and 1024. More precision I say, more! 😁

fclc.bsky.social•24 days ago

256 is already in the spec!

Since 2008!

As for 512, I’ve never seen anything *remotely* reasonable that would justify its need

fortran95.bsky.social•24 days ago

Think of how good the AI would be with 1024 bits of precision. Planck-scale AI. The marketing just writes itself! 😁

fortran95.bsky.social•24 days ago

Plus maybe the chipmakers will finally hitch up their belts and give us the x86-1024 processors we’ve been waiting for!

jefflayton.bsky.social•24 days ago

Funny story. I worked at a small cluster company when the 64-bit processors were launched. Within a month, I had a well known site director ask me when Intel and AMD were going to launch 128-bit chips as well as 256-bit chips. So, of course, I called the CEO's of Intel and AMD on my direct hotlines.

fortran95.bsky.social•23 days ago

Someday…someday!

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