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Re:Exploring the Native Use of 64-Bit Posit Arithmetic in Sc... by pvillano on Saturday May 13, 2023 @12:31PM (#35929975)
Does "common" hardware support nonstandard exponent lengths for floats?
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Re:Exploring the Native Use of 64-Bit Posit Arithmetic in Sc... by Dylan16807 on Saturday May 13, 2023 @03:20PM (#35931756)
Only a few, like bfloat, but common hardware doesn't support nonstandard total lengths either.
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