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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [https://posithub.org Posithub.org: The one-stop hub for all unum and posit materials]
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* [http://www.johngustafson.net/pdfs/BeatingFloatingPoint.pdf Beating Floating Point at its Own Game: Posit Arithmetic]
 
* [http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/170201.html Beyond Floating Point: Next-Generation Computer Arithmetic] - Presentation abstract and links
 
* [http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/170201.html Beyond Floating Point: Next-Generation Computer Arithmetic] - Presentation abstract and links
 
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0Y1uAA-2Y Video of presentation]
 
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0Y1uAA-2Y Video of presentation]
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Latest revision as of 15:41, 16 September 2017

File Format
Name Posit
Ontology
Released ~2017

Posit is a proposed floating point number format developed by John L. Gustafson, who also developed Unum. Posit is less radical than Unum.

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