'Float16' is unavailable in Mac Catalyst

I'm making a Mac Catalyst app and have some 16 bit metal textures I would like to convert to an array of the new Float16.

Tho it dose not seem to be available...
'Float16' is unavailable in Mac Catalyst

Is Float16 Apple Silicon only?
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I have no direct answer to the question.

May be interested in this discussion:
https://forums.swift.org/t/add-float16/19370/19

and
h ttps: // github.com/apple/swift-numerics/issues/8

This one deals with Float1§ in Metal:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60221411/how-to-read-out-an-rgba16float-mtltexture-via-getbytes
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You can find the following notes in the WWDC 2020 Video Explore numerical computing in Swift.

Float 16

  • ...

  • Already available on iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS

  • Calling convention for x86 is not yet finalized (working with Intel to fix this)

(Around 12:00)

In fact, Float16 is unavailable in all sort of projects for macOS, including SwiftUI and Command Line Tools, as for now.

But I believe it will be ported into macOS (meaning Intel Macs) in the near future, because you can find Float16 works as expected in iOS simulator on Intel Mac.

I expect the next beta, or it might take a little bit longer.
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