The end of error unum computing
"Written by one of the foremost experts in high-performance computing and the inventor of Gustafson's Law, The End of Error: Unum Computing explains a new approach to computer arithmetic: the universal number (unum). The unum encompasses all IEEE floating-point formats as well as fixed-poi...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton ; London ; New York :
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
[2015]
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Chapman & Hall/CRC computational science series.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628872306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to read this book; Part 1 - A New Number Format: The Unum; Chapter 1 - Overview; Chapter 2 - Building up to the unum format; Chapter 3 - The "original sin" of computer arithmetic; Chapter 4 - The complete unum format; Chapter 5 - Hidden scratchpads and the three layers; Chapter 6 - Information per bit; Chapter 7 - Fixed-size unum storage; Chapter 8 - Comparison operations; Chapter 9 - Add/subtract and the unbiased rounding myth; Chapter 10 - Multiplication and division; Chapter 11 - Powers; Chapter 12 - Other important unary operations
- Chapter 13 - Fused operations (single-use expressions)Chapter 14 - Trial runs: Unums face challenge calculations; Part 2 - A New Way to Solve: The Ubox; Chapter 15 - The other kind of error; Chapter 16 - Avoiding interval arithmetic pitfalls; Chapter 17 - What does it mean to "solve" an equation?; Chapter 18 - Permission to guess; Chapter 19 - Pendulums done correctly; Chapter 20 - The two-body problem (and beyond); Chapter 21 - Calculus considered evil: Discrete physics; Chapter 22 - The end of error; Glossary; Appendix A - Glossary of unum functions; Appendix B - Glossary of ubox functions
- Appendix C - Algorithm listings for Part 1Appendix D - Algorithm listings for Part 2; For further reading; Back Cover
