Nature

Floating-Point Arithmetic and Algorithms

Floating-point arithmetic is a cornerstone of numerical computation, enabling the approximate representation of real numbers in a format that balances range and precision. Its widespread applicability ...
EDN

How to achieve 1 trillion floating-point operations-per-second in an FPGA

Based on recent technological developments, high-performance floating-point signal processing can, for the very first time, be easily achieved using FPGAs. To date, virtually all FPGA-based signal ...
EDN

Altera Demonstrates Industry’s First Model-Based Floating-Point DSP Capabilities for FPGAs

The floating-point DSP design flow includes Altera's floating-point DSP compiler, which is integrated into the DSP Builder Advanced Blockset, Quartus® II RTL tool chain, and ModelSim simulator, as ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between Fixed-Point, Floating-Point, and Numerical Formats?

Embedded C and C++ programmers are familiar with signed and unsigned integers and floating-point values of various sizes, but a number of numerical formats can be used in embedded applications. Here ...