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Re: [std-proposals] ISO/IEC 60559 Classification for std::numeric_limits

From: Thiago Macieira <thiago_at_[hidden]>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:35:51 -0700
On Thursday, 16 April 2026 13:59:20 Pacific Daylight Time Paul Caprioli via
Std-Proposals wrote:
> The AVX10.2 ISA (Intel/AMD) appears to include conversion instructions for
> the quarter-precision types E5M2 and E4M3 described in the “OCP 8-bit
> Floating Point Specification”.

Are the mantissa and exponent counts sufficient? Or do we need to describe the
exponent bias, whether the type has non-finite numbers, etc.?

I hear FP4 is coming too...

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  Principal Engineer - Intel Data Center - Platform & Sys. Eng.

Received on 2026-04-16 22:35:53