[REQ] Support for bfloat16, fp8, fp4
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
feature request
language
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 7.1k
- Forks
- 624
- Avg merge
- 3d 17h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 5
Description
Description
Hi, are there plans to support bfloat16, fp8, fp4?
Context
Numerical stability from bfloat16 and performance boosts from fp8, fp4
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, entry points, or acceptance criteria are named. First identify where Warp defines supported numeric types and how GPU compilation represents them, then review existing precision tests and define coverage for bfloat16, fp8, and fp4 before implementation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- machine-learning, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100