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The Evils of Floating Point, and the Joys of Unum

Universal Numbers (Unum) and floating points are complicated. Here’s an explainer on the subject.

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Error-Free Computing: Unums Save Both Real and Virtual Battles

VR World chats with John Gustafson about the challenges of implementing universal numbers into hardware, and the benefits they offer computing.

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Supercomputing Frontiers 2015: The 101×10^2 Problem. Solution: Unums

We’ve almost reached the acceptance limit for floating point rounding errors. What’s the future? One potential solution was explained at Supercomputing Frontiers 2015.

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