Software And Hardware Techniques For Accurate, Self-Validating Arithmetic (1996)
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@MISC{Schulte96softwareand,
author = {Michael J. Schulte and Earl E. Swartzlander and Jr.},
title = {Software And Hardware Techniques For Accurate, Self-Validating Arithmetic},
year = {1996}
}
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Abstract
The need for accurate and reliable numerical applications has led to the development of several software tools and hardware designs for accurate, self-validating arithmetic. Software tools include variable-precision software packages, interval arithmetic libraries, scientific programming languages, computer algebra systems, and numerical problem solving environments. Hardware designs include coprocessors that support the directed rounding modes and exact dot products, variable-precision integer and floating point processors, and coprocessors for variable-precision, interval arithmetic. In this survey, we examine various software and hardware techniques for accurate, self-validating arithmetic and discuss their strengths and limitations. We also discuss numerical applications that employ these tools to produce accurate and reliable results. 1 INTRODUCTION Advances in VLSI technology, parallel processing, and computer architecture have led to increasingly faster digital computers. Duri...
