Re: [vhdl-200x] Call for FPGA and/or ASIC specific instances of float_pkg

From: David Bishop <dbishop@eda.org>
Date: Mon Feb 03 2014 - 19:04:39 PST
On 2/3/2014 12:09 PM, ryan.w.hinton@L-3com.com wrote:
> Jim:
>
> You pointed out to me a proposal from someone for a non-IEEE floating
> point scheme that happens to match an approach I've used before.  Let me
> know if you have trouble finding it and I can take a look.
>
> Before standardization, I would love to see someone take a candidate
> scheme through the proofs and properties of the paper, "What every
> computer scientist should know about floating point arithmetic."
>
> http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.22.6768
>
I remember reading this paper when I was doing the floating point packages.
Very good read.


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