https://github.com/tmcdonell/posit-accelerate

Tapered precision real numbers
https://github.com/tmcdonell/posit-accelerate

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Tapered precision real numbers

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tmcdonell/posit-accelerate
• Owner: tmcdonell
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2020-04-19T16:12:43.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-04-19T16:13:14.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-05T10:23:41.317Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Haskell
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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posit-accelerate

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Posit numbers are a new way to represent real numbers for computers, as an

alternative to the ubiquitous IEEE 754 arithmetic. The primary advantage of

posit numbers is that they provide greater precision or dynamic range out of a

given number of bits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unum_(number_format)#Type_III_Unum_–_Posit