iqk_mul_mat(ARM_NEON): adding bf16 support #41
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It looks like ArmV8 ISA has support for bf16, but my M2 Max does not have it, so resorting to bf16 -> f32 conversion and computations in f32. This is 2x slower than f16, but 8x better compared to what I get if I try to run a bf16 model on the M2 (NEON and Metal).
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It looks like ArmV8 ISA has support for
bf16, but my M2 Max does not have it, so resorting tobf16 -> f32conversion and computations inf32. This is 2X slower thanf16, but 8X better compared to what I get if I try to run abf16model on the M2 (NEONandMetal).