Beforediscussing a new approach that enables floating-point implementation inhardware with performance similar to that of fixed-point processing, it isfirst necessary to discuss the reason why ...

The traditional view is that the floating-point number format is superior to the fixed-point number format when it comes to representing sound digitally. In fact, while it may be counter-intuitive, ...

To add two floating-point numbers in binary, their exponents must be equal. The number with the smaller exponent needs to have its significand (mantissa) shifted right until both exponents are equal.

Embedded C and C++ programmers are familiar with signed and unsigned integers and floating-point values of various sizes, but a number of numerical formats can be used in embedded applications. Here ...

This paper discusses a simple and effective method for the summation of long sequences of floating point numbers. The method comprises two phases: an accumulation phase where the mantissas of the ...