Why a Chip That’s Bad at Math Can Help Computers Tackle Harder Problems

12 points by marinabercea 10 years ago | 1 comment

j-pb 10 years ago |

Floating point is already incredibly imprecise. The thought of debugging any piece of software on this system sends shivers down my spine.

I would much rather see something like UNUMS (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9943589), which provide improved accuracy AND energy efficiency over IEEE floating point.

j-pb 10 years ago |

Floating point is already incredibly imprecise. The thought of debugging any piece of software on this system sends shivers down my spine.

I would much rather see something like UNUMS (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9943589), which provide improved accuracy AND energy efficiency over IEEE floating point.