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RoPE in bfloat16: 8,192 Token Positions Collapsed Into 897
Community description: RoPE in bfloat16 rounds token positions past 256. In my NumPy test, 8,192 positions became 897 and a positional head fell to 3.5%.
Dev.to | Nov 4, 2026 | jidonglab
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What does RoPE in bfloat16 actually break? Which bfloat16 cast in RoPE actually hurts? So why does RoPE in bfloat16 collapse token positions?
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