Intel: Is it possible to perform half-precision floating point calculations such as int8 and FP16 on FPGA with OpenCL™?

OpenCL

Category: OpenCL™
Tools: Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™
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As a half-precision floating-point support option (pragma) in your kernel code statement:
#pragma OPENCL EXTENSION cl_khr_fp16 : enable
You can compile by giving
Please check the following document for details.

(reference)
The OpenCL Specification Version: 1.0 Document Revision: 48
https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenCL/specs/opencl-1.0.pdf
(item of 9.10 Half Floating-Point)


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