NVIDIA introduces NVFP4

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NVFP4 introduced — an FP8 scale for every 16-value micro-block

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A precise standardization of 4-bit precision

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Officialdeveloper.nvidia.comhttps://developer.nvidia.com/blog/introducing-nvfp4-for-efficient-and-accurate-low-precision-inference/

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