Posit is a new floating point precision representation that has been developed as an alternative to the existing IEEE 754 floating point standard. Prior studies have found several use-cases for posit, but also potential drawbacks. This thesis examines some of the potential drawbacks concerning the precision of posit’s floating point representation. The study is conducted through comparisons of 32-bit posit with 32-bit IEEE 754 for a limited set of operations and algorithms. The result shows that posit is the most accurate at values near one, progressively losing accuracy as the absolute value of the exponent in the number being represented grows larger. Eventually there is a break point where float becomes more precise. The choice of operat...
Modern computational tasks are often required to not only guarantee predefined accuracy, but get the...
The current IEEE-754 floating point standard was adopted 23 years ago. IEEE chartered a committee to...
Floating-point numbers have an intuitive meaning when it comes to physics-based numerical computatio...
Posit is a new floating point precision representation that has been developed as an alternative to ...
IEEE 754 floating-points are the current standard way to represent real values in computers, but the...
Posit is a new way of representing floating points in computers. This thesis investigates the precis...
Choosing the correct floating point representation can greatly impact the performance and precision ...
IEEE-754 has been the standard floating-point format for several decades. However, in recent years m...
The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of the 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point numbers and ...
International audienceMany properties of the IEEE-754 floating-point number system are taken for gra...
The posit is a floating-point number format as proposed by John Gustafson to improve upon the accura...
The posit number system is an elegant encoding of floating-point values proposed as a drop-in replac...
National audienceThe posit number system is proposed as a replacement of IEEE floats. It encodes flo...
The demand for higher precision arithmetic is increasing due to the rapid development of new computi...
International audienceThe posit number system is proposed as a replacement of IEEE floating-point nu...
Modern computational tasks are often required to not only guarantee predefined accuracy, but get the...
The current IEEE-754 floating point standard was adopted 23 years ago. IEEE chartered a committee to...
Floating-point numbers have an intuitive meaning when it comes to physics-based numerical computatio...
Posit is a new floating point precision representation that has been developed as an alternative to ...
IEEE 754 floating-points are the current standard way to represent real values in computers, but the...
Posit is a new way of representing floating points in computers. This thesis investigates the precis...
Choosing the correct floating point representation can greatly impact the performance and precision ...
IEEE-754 has been the standard floating-point format for several decades. However, in recent years m...
The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of the 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point numbers and ...
International audienceMany properties of the IEEE-754 floating-point number system are taken for gra...
The posit is a floating-point number format as proposed by John Gustafson to improve upon the accura...
The posit number system is an elegant encoding of floating-point values proposed as a drop-in replac...
National audienceThe posit number system is proposed as a replacement of IEEE floats. It encodes flo...
The demand for higher precision arithmetic is increasing due to the rapid development of new computi...
International audienceThe posit number system is proposed as a replacement of IEEE floating-point nu...
Modern computational tasks are often required to not only guarantee predefined accuracy, but get the...
The current IEEE-754 floating point standard was adopted 23 years ago. IEEE chartered a committee to...
Floating-point numbers have an intuitive meaning when it comes to physics-based numerical computatio...