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Float16Array

Category

JavaScript

Type

Chromium catches up

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 135)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Adds the Float16Array typed array. Number values are rounded to IEEE fp16 when writing into Float16Array instances.

Motivation

Stage 3 TC39 proposal

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://tc39.es/proposal-float16array
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/42203953

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