Abstract: Floating-point numbers represented using a hidden one can readily be approximately converted to the logarithmic domain using Mitchell's approximation. Once in the logarithmic domain, several ...

Fast function to parse ASCII strings containing decimal numbers into double-precision (binary64) floating-point values. That is, given the string "1.0e10", it should return a 64-bit floating-point ...

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Abstract: Historically, FPGA designers have used integer processing whenever possible because floating-point processing was prohibitively costly due to higher logic requirements and speed reduction.

The 61 st Annual Festival of Lights Christmas Parade is quickly approaching. There is still time to enter a float in the parade if you would like to help bring the most festive and enchanting spirit ...

Running Median looks like a running average with a small but important twist. Running average averages the last N samples while the running median takes the last N samples, sort them and take the ...

Personality and zip code can help explain differences in political ideology, according to a new study from Northwestern University, which is the first to show the relationship between a person's ...