Unums: A Radical Approach to Computation with Real Numbers

Posted by ciot1CDM on Thursday March 17, 2016 @07:55PM
from the docs.google.com dept.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.johngustafson.net%2fpresentations%2fMulticore2016-JLG.pptx

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Re:Unums: A Radical Approach to Computation with Real Numbers by jstewartmobile on Thursday March 17, 2016 @10:46PM (#11309523)

An interview with Gustafson: http://insidehpc.com/2015/03/slidecast-john-gustafson-explai...

His book on Unums: http://www.amazon.com/End-Error-Computing-Chapman-Computatio...

IEEE floating point is an absolute disaster, so I hope this works out.

From the reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2ckk5u/unum_a_...

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Re:Unums: A Radical Approach to Computation with Real Numbers by tlack on Thursday March 17, 2016 @09:47PM (#11309256)

Anyone out there have the background to speak to the relevance of this approach? It seems tantalizingly simple and logical, which usually means I'm forgetting some critical small detail :)

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