[LLVMdev] [PATCH] OpenCL half support

[Anton Korobeynikov]

> Maybe worth pointing out that there are architectures that natively support
> 16bit floating point in llvm. PTX, the new backend of which has just been
> added to 2.9 can handle fp16 -> fp32 conversion in hardware.
FWIW: there are already intrinsics for such conversions (currently
only used in ARM backend).
There is no need for new type if you want just to convert stuff.

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With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University