DocumentCode
1451823
Title
A hardware-oriented algorithm for floating-point function generation
Author
Grady, E. Pearse O ; Young, Baek-Kyu
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Volume
40
Issue
2
fYear
1991
fDate
2/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
237
Lastpage
241
Abstract
An algorithm is presented for performing accurate, high-speed, floating-point function generation for univariate functions defined at arbitrary breakpoints. Rapid identification of the breakdown interval, which includes the input argument, is shown to be the key operation in the algorithm. A hardware implementation which makes extensive use of read/write memories is used to illustrate the algorithm
Keywords
digital arithmetic; table lookup; breakdown interval; floating-point function generation; hardware implementation; hardware-oriented algorithm; read/write memories; univariate functions; Computer architecture; Digital systems; Electrons; Fault diagnosis; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Hypercubes; Multiprocessing systems; System testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9340
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/12.73596
Filename
73596
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