use OpenPower naming where appropriate and add fp8 link
authorprogrammerjake <programmerjake@web>
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 22:48:21 +0000 (22:48 +0000)
committerIkiWiki <ikiwiki.info>
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 22:48:21 +0000 (22:48 +0000)
openpower/sv/rfc/ls005.mdwn

index f5100cd4cca8dcd91228585ff88271f7766b1427..2e05d4f8b5252e9b467ec4eaa5efd308d29e13a6 100644 (file)
@@ -103,12 +103,11 @@ the full width".
   "half width" exactly as presently defined.
 * XLEN=32 overrides FPR "full width" operations to
   full BFP32, and "half width" to be "BFP16 stored in an BFP32"
-* XLEN=16 redefines FPR "full width" operations to full [IEEE FP16](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision_floating-point_format) and leaves
-  "half width" UNDEFINED (there is no IEEE FP8).
-* XLEN=8 redefines FPR "full width" operations to [BF16 (bfloat16)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bfloat16_floating-point_format) and leaves
+* XLEN=16 redefines FPR "full width" operations to full [IEEE BFP16](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision_floating-point_format) and leaves
+  "half width" UNDEFINED (there is no IEEE version of [FP8](https://wccftech.com/nvidia-intel-arm-bet-their-ai-future-on-fp8-whitepaper-for-8-bit-fp-published/)).
+* XLEN=8 redefines FPR "full width" operations to [bfloat16](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bfloat16_floating-point_format) and leaves
   "half width" UNDEFINED. 
 
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