bfloat16

File Format
Name	Bfloat16
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Elements of File Formats Bfloat16
Wikidata ID	Q54083815

bfloat16 is a 16-bit floating point number format that supports a high range of numbers but low precision compared to the other formats which use more bits. Its main use is in machine learning for AI applications.

References

• Wikipedia article