The End of Error: Unum Computing (Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Science)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073FNVT3V |
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| Number of Pages | : | 562 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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The unum encompasses all IEEE floating-point formats as well as fixed-point and exact integer arithmetic. This new number type obtains more accurate answers than floating-point arithmetic yet uses fewer bits in many cases, saving memory, bandwidth, energy, and power.A Complete Revamp of Computer Arithmetic from the Ground UpRichly illustrated in color, this groundbreaking book represents a fundamental change in how to perform calculations automatically. It illustrates how this novel approach can solve problems that have vexed engineers and scientists for decades, including problems that have been historically limited to serial processing.Suitable for Anyone Using Computers for CalculationsThe book is accessible to anyone who uses computers for technical calculations, with much of the book only requiring high school math. The Future of Numerical Computing<
He is a former Director at Intel Labs and former Chief Product Architect at AMD. He is also a recipient of the IEEE Computer Society’s Golden Core Award. A pioneer in high-performance computing, he introduced cluster computing in 1985 and first demonstrated scalable massively parallel performance on real applications in 1988. Find more details on his website.. Dr. John L. Gustafson is an applied physicist and mathematician. This became known as Gustafson&rsq
The examples are engaging, well thought out, and simple to follow."Jack Dongarra, University Distinguished Professor, University of Tennessee"John Gustafson presents a bold and brilliant proposal for a revolutionary number representation system, unum, for scientific (and potentially all other) computers. Reading this book is fascinating."Ulrich Kulisch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. It is surely destined to be a classic."David Jefferson, Center for Advanced Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory"John Gustafson’s book The End of Error presents the ideas of computer arithmetic in a very easy-to-read and understandable form. Unum arithmetic is an extension of floating point in which it is also possible to represent the open intervals between two floating point numbers. I had not expected such an elaborate and sound piece of work. The book covers various operations with unum arithmetic and topics like p
"This book is revolutionary" according to Concerned small-D democrat. This book is revolutionary. That is the only way to describe it. I have been a professional computer science researcher for almost This book is revolutionary Concerned small-D democrat This book is revolutionary. That is the only way to describe it. I have been a professional computer science researcher for almost 40 years, and only once or twice before have I seen a book that is destined to make such a profound change in the way we think about computation. It is hard to imagine that after 70 years or so of computer arithmetic that there is anything new to say about it, but this book reinvents the. 0 years, and only once or twice before have I seen a book that is destined to make such a profound change in the way we think about computation. It is hard to imagine that after 70 years or so of computer arithmetic that there is anything new to say about it, but this book reinvents the. Paul M Sweazey said Amazing! A brilliant technical work and a "page turner" in the same book. Sure there will be naysayers, but 10 years from now we will look back to floating point as if it represented the dark ages. Structural engineering, Cosmology, and even high school calculus will be distinctly improved, startups will be born, and future generations will find that science and math are less baffling and more honest than today.I bought this book because of my slight hope that it would show me an improved. Revolutionary new concepts, a must read in a world of automation. Review: The End of Error: Unum Computing by John L. GustafsonEmeritus Professor, Lenore M. Mullin PhDDepartment of Computer ScienceUniversity at Albany, SUNYScientist, and ConsultantI have spent my entire 35+ year career studying, programming (applications and systems) teaching, and researching scientific computing: algorithms, software, languages, hardware, design and verification). I have also worked and published