The term floating point is derived from the fact that there is no fixed number of digits before and after the decimal point; namely, the decimal point can float. There are also representations in ...
[Editor's note: For an intro to fixed-point math, see Fixed-Point DSP and Algorithm Implementation. For a comparison of fixed- and floating-point hardware, see Fixed vs. floating point: a surprisingly ...
Floating point units (fpu) can increase the range and precision of mathematical calculations or enable greater throughput in less time, making it easier to meet real time requirements. Or, by enabling ...
As defined by the IEEE 754 standard, floating-point values are represented in three fields: a significand or mantissa, a sign bit for the significand and an exponent field. The exponent is a biased ...
The Top 500 list of supercomputers has come and gone again, and vendors have engaged in their usual round of self-congratulations and performance posting. All the talk of FLOPs can get a little ...
Munich, Germany – July 5, 2002 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX), a leading provider of system-on-chip semiconductors for automotive, industrial and communication applications, announced ...
The traditional view is that the floating-point number format is superior to the fixed-point number format when it comes to representing sound digitally. In fact, while it may be counter-intuitive, ...