https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113484
--- Comment #5 from John Platts <john_platts at hotmail dot com> --- (In reply to Segher Boessenkool from comment #4) > Ah, this was about *actual* half-precision float, which indeed is 3.0 > (Power9). > > But all the same holds: it needs to be added to the ABI before we can have a > type for it, and it still won't be terribly useful (it will make for *slowe > code*, not using fewer resources either). There were plans to add support for the _Float16 and __vector _Float16 types to the POWER 64-bit ELF V2 ABI according to Version 1.4 of that specification that can be found at https://files.openpower.foundation/s/aqwWeS3qmoaDyos.
