gemm: Remove deprecated verify function

sw/blas/gemm/verify.py

@@ -21,18 +21,6 @@
 NP_DTYPE = {8: np.float64, 4: np.float32, 2: np.float16, 1: np.uint8}
 
 
-def fp8byte_to_float(byte: np.uint8):
-    """Converts a number from a byte stored as a uint8 to a float."""
-    sign = (byte & 0x80) >> 7  # Extract sign (1 bit)
-    exponent = (byte & 0x7c) >> 2  # Extract exponent (5 bits)
-    mantissa = (byte & 0x03) << 5  # Extract mantissa (2 bits)
-    real_exp = exponent - 15  # Convert exponent from excess-7 to excess-127
-    value = (1 + mantissa / 4) * (2 ** float(real_exp))  # Calculate value
-    if sign:
-        value *= -1
-    return value
-
-
 def main():
     # Run simulation and get outputs
     args = verification.parse_args()