From 7091de6b28453e42e109134d84fe924b10aeffcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jhendersonHDF Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:44:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add NEWSLETTER item about _Float16 support (#4197) --- release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt b/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt index 084d8921d4b..298dc54cc55 100644 --- a/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt +++ b/release_docs/NEWSLETTER.txt @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ INTRODUCTION -============ This purpose of this document is to contain entries that can be used to quickly produce a release newsletter. When something is added to the library that is @@ -33,3 +32,13 @@ memory leak fixes, etc. do not require entries. current szip and libaec options only work for building the libaec library. +* Added support for _Float16 16-bit floating-point datatype + + Support for the 16-bit floating-point _Float16 C type has been added to + HDF5. On platforms where this type is available, this can enable more + efficient storage of floating-point data when an application doesn't + need the precision of larger floating-point datatypes. It can also allow + for improved performance when converting between 16-bit floating-point + data and data of another HDF5 datatype. + + (GitHub #4065, #2154)