End of Error - Unum Computing

Written by one of the foremost experts in high-performance computing and the inventor of Gustafson's Law, this groundbreaking book explains a new approach to computer arithmetic: the universal number (unum). 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. Richly illustrated in color, the book is accessible to anyone who uses computers for technical calculations.

About the author

Dr. John L. Gustafson is an applied physicist and mathematician. He is a former Director at Intel Labs and former Chief Product Architect at AMD. A pioneer in high-performance computing, he introduced cluster computing in 1985 and first demonstrated scalable massively parallel performance on real applications in 1988. This became known as Gustafson’s Law, for which he won the inaugural ACM Gordon Bell Prize. He is also a recipient of the IEEE Computer Society’s Golden Core Award. Find more details on his website.

Product details

• Authors: John L. Gustafson, John L. (Cto Gustafson, Gustafson John L.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2015
• EAN: 9781482239867
• ISBN: 978-1-4822-3986-7
• No. of pages: 442
• Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; COMPUTERS / Programming / Algorithms, COMPUTERS / Machine Theory, algorithms and data structures, Algorithms & data structures, Mathematical theory of computation, Supercomputers, COMPUTERS / Hardware / Mainframes & Minicomputers