Nature

Floating-Point Arithmetic and Algorithms

Floating-point arithmetic is a cornerstone of numerical computation, enabling the approximate representation of real numbers in a format that balances range and precision. Its widespread applicability ...
Hackaday

Making Floating Point Calculations Less Cursed When Accuracy Matters

An unfortunate reality of trying to represent continuous real numbers in a fixed space (e.g. with a limited number of bits) is that this comes with an inevitable loss of both precision and accuracy.
Nature

Floating-Point Arithmetic and Numerical Computation Verification

Floating-point arithmetic is a cornerstone of modern computational science, providing an efficient means to approximate real numbers within a finite precision framework. Its ubiquity across scientific ...
EDN

FPGA design suite aids FP math operations

ISE Design Suite 13.3 features new capabilities for DSP designers to easily implement bit-accurate single, double and full custom precision floating-point math operations in Xilinx FPGAs. This flow is ...
insideHPC

John Gustafson presents: Beyond Floating Point – Next Generation Computer Arithmetic

In this video, John Gustafson from the National University of Singapore presents: Beyond Floating Point: Next Generation Computer Arithmetic. “A new data type called a “posit” is designed for direct ...
EurekAlert!

World record simulation: Paderborn scientists break through exascale barrier for quantum chemistry simulations

A team led by Paderborn scientists Professor Thomas D. Kühne and Professor Christian Plessl has succeeded in becoming the first group in the world to break the major “exaflop” barrier – more than a ...
EDN

Xilinx ISE Design Suite 13.3 Full Custom Precision Floating-Point Support Extends Productivity for DSP Designers

“Compared to competing solutions, only System Generator for DSP provides developers with a bit accurate solution, meaning we can guarantee that the simulation model will match the hardware ...