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| + | * [http://www.johngustafson.net/pdfs/BeatingFloatingPoint.pdf Beating Floating Point at its Own Game: Posit Arithmetic] | ||
* [http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/170201.html Beyond Floating Point: Next-Generation Computer Arithmetic] - Presentation abstract and links | * [http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/170201.html Beyond Floating Point: Next-Generation Computer Arithmetic] - Presentation abstract and links | ||
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0Y1uAA-2Y Video of presentation] | ** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0Y1uAA-2Y Video of presentation] | ||
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Posit is a proposed floating point number format developed by John L. Gustafson, who also developed Unum. Posit is less radical than Unum.
Links
- Beating Floating Point at its Own Game: Posit Arithmetic
- Beyond Floating Point: Next-Generation Computer Arithmetic - Presentation abstract and links
