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'''Unum''' is a variable-sized floating point number format designed for accuracy and energy efficiency. It was developed by John L. Gustafson. Its name was derived from the words "universal number". | '''Unum''' is a variable-sized floating point number format designed for accuracy and energy efficiency. It was developed by John L. Gustafson. Its name was derived from the words "universal number". | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Posit]] | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia: Unum (number format)]] | * [[Wikipedia: Unum (number format)]] | ||
| + | * [https://posithub.org Posithub.org: The one-stop hub for all unum and posit materials] | ||
* [http://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=2913029 The end of (numeric) error: an interview with John L. Gustafson] | * [http://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=2913029 The end of (numeric) error: an interview with John L. Gustafson] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN9L7TpMxeA An Energy Efficient and Massively Parallel Approach to Valid Numerics] (video) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN9L7TpMxeA An Energy Efficient and Massively Parallel Approach to Valid Numerics] (video) | ||
* [https://www.crcpress.com/The-End-of-Error-Unum-Computing/Gustafson/p/book/9781482239867 The End of Error: Unum Computing] (book) | * [https://www.crcpress.com/The-End-of-Error-Unum-Computing/Gustafson/p/book/9781482239867 The End of Error: Unum Computing] (book) | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:41, 16 September 2017
Unum is a variable-sized floating point number format designed for accuracy and energy efficiency. It was developed by John L. Gustafson. Its name was derived from the words "universal number".
