one or the other
idiom
: one of two persons or things but not the other
One or the other of us will have to go.
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However, rather than rely on one or the other, DeepSeek uses FP8 for most calculations and switches to FP32 for certain tasks where a higher degree of accuracy is required.
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Ryan Browne, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
Rather than relying only on one or the other, DeepSeek saves memory, time and money by using FP8 for most calculations, and switching to FP32 for a few key operations in which accuracy is paramount.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Looking to link the two rather than target one or the other, researchers analyzed data from 9,331 patients catalogued in the Cancer Genome Atlas and the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Unlike many of the free agents Peters and Quinn brought to D.C., whom one or the other knew from previous stops, the duo had no ties to Luvu.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Browne, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
Rather than relying only on one or the other, DeepSeek saves memory, time and money by using FP8 for most calculations, and switching to FP32 for a few key operations in which accuracy is paramount.
—Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Looking to link the two rather than target one or the other, researchers analyzed data from 9,331 patients catalogued in the Cancer Genome Atlas and the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Unlike many of the free agents Peters and Quinn brought to D.C., whom one or the other knew from previous stops, the duo had no ties to Luvu.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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“One or the other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20or%20the%20other. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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