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# unpackHalf2x16ToFloat

## Description

Unpack a 32-bit unsigned integer into two 16-bit signed integers.
Then, each 16-bit value is converted to an IEEE-754 binary16 single-precision
floating-point value to generate a 2-component vector.




## Signature 

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<a href="../types/vector/index.html" class="code_type">vector</a>&lt;<span class="code_keyword">float</span>, 2&gt; <a href="unpackhalf2x16tofloat-6eg.html">unpackHalf2x16ToFloat</a>(<span class="code_keyword">uint</span> <a href="unpackhalf2x16tofloat-6eg.html#decl-packedValue" class="code_param">packedValue</a>);

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## Parameters

####  <a id="decl-packedValue"></a>packedValue  : uint

## Availability and Requirements

Defined for the following targets:

#### hlsl
Available in all stages.

#### glsl
Available in all stages.

#### cpp
Available in all stages.

#### cuda
Available in all stages.

#### metal
Available in all stages.

#### wgsl
Available in all stages.

#### spirv
Available in all stages.