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[Feature Request]: bf16 and its vector friends
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### Is there an existing issue for the same feature request?
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### Is your feature request related to a problem?
```Markdown
Implement bf16 and its corresponding vector, sparse vector etc types.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bfloat16_floating-point_format
Note that bf16 is NOT the same as IEEE half precision format. bf16 is a simple shortening of float32. It is much more widely used in AI world than half precision.
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### Describe the feature you'd like
New data type.
### Describe implementation you've considered
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