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Tutorial: Floating-point arithmetic on FPGAs

[Editor's note: For an intro to fixed-point math, see Fixed-Point DSP and Algorithm Implementation. For a comparison of fixed- and floating-point hardware, see Fixed vs. floating point: a surprisingly ...
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Floating-point FFT with Minimal Hardware

There is a natural preference to use floating-point implementations in custom embedded applications because they offer a much higher dynamic range and as a byproduct bypass the design hassle of ...
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 ...
Electronics Weekly

Xilinx supports floating-point DSP in 7 Series FPGAs

Xilinx has announced the availability of ISE Design Suite 13.3 featuring new capabilities for DSP designers to implement bit-accurate single, double and full custom precision floating-point math ...
New Electronics

Floating point enabled microcontrollers in embedded designs

Floating point units (fpu) can increase the range and precision of mathematical calculations or enable greater throughput in less time, making it easier to meet real time requirements. Or, by enabling ...
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Xilinx ISE Design Suite 13.3 Full Custom Precision Floating-Point Support Extends Productivity for DSP Designers

New Bit and Cycle Accurate, Single, Double and Full Custom Precision Floating-Point Now Available in System Generator for DSP SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2011 -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today ...
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Floating Point Numbers

The term floating point is derived from the fact that there is no fixed number of digits before and after the decimal point; namely, the decimal point can float. There are also representations in ...