Article 44H6 Slidecast: John Gustafson Explains Energy Efficient Unum Computing

Slidecast: John Gustafson Explains Energy Efficient Unum Computing

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Rich Brueckner
from High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC on (#44H6)
book2-150x150.jpg"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-point and exact integer arithmetic. This new number type obtains more accurate answers than floating-point arithmetic yet uses fewer bits in many cases, saving memory, bandwidth, energy, and power."
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