tf.compat.v1.to_bfloat16

Casts a tensor to type bfloat16. (deprecated)

x A Tensor or SparseTensor or IndexedSlices.
name A name for the operation (optional).

A Tensor or SparseTensor or IndexedSlices with same shape as x with type bfloat16.

TypeError If x cannot be cast to the bfloat16.