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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Misc: Applications of small floating point formats.
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:31:35 -0500, BGB wrote:

> Binary16 is useful for graphics and audio processing.

The common format for CG work is OpenEXR, and that allows for 32-bit and 
even 64-bit floats, per pixel component. So for example R-G-B-Alpha is 4 
components.

> The 8-bit formats get a bit more niche; main use-cases mostly to save
> memory.

Heavily used in AI work.