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Targeting Floating-Point Algorithms for FPGA or ASIC Deployment

Native Floating-Point HDL code generation allows you to generate VHDL or Verilog for floating-point implementation in hardware without the effort of fixed-point conversion. Native Floating-Point HDL ...
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Floating point coprocessor interfaces to virtually any microcontroller

Micromega Corporation releases the uM-FPU V3 Floating Point Coprocessor chip. The uM-FPU V3 chip interfaces to virtually any microcontroller using a SPI interface or I2C interface, making it ideal for ...
Electronic Design

Interview: Markus Levy Highlights The EEMBC Floating Point Benchmark

Wong: EEMBC has been around for more than 16 years, why the recent need for floating-point benchmarks? Levy: While floating-point units in processors have been in use for decades, in recent times ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between Fixed-Point, Floating-Point, and Numerical Formats?

Embedded C and C++ programmers are familiar with signed and unsigned integers and floating-point values of various sizes, but a number of numerical formats can be used in embedded applications. Here ...