Every Bit Counts : Posit Computing (Hardcover)

Preface? Acknowledgements? How to Read this Book? 1. The Posit Number Format? 2. Inaccuracy Done Right? 3. More Power!? 4. How We Got Into This Mess? 5. The Posit Standard, Annotated? 6. Preaching About the Quire? 7.?A Bridge to Sane Floats? 8.?Logarithmic Systems, The Musical? 9.?The Fastest Arithmetic Ever?? 10.?The Minefield Method? 11.?Matrix Multiply, Visualized? 12.?Linear Solvers that Suck Less? 13.?The Future of Posit Computing? Glossary? Answers to Exercises? Appendix A:?Posit Code Listings??Appendix B: Float Code Listings??Appendix C: The hypot Function??Appendix D: L Table for 8-Bit Posits??Appendix E: Linear Solver Tests??Appendix F: Linear Solvers??Appendix G: Takum Format??Index