We get this question regularly, and the people asking it usually expect a clear answer. The reality is that neither system ...

The arithmetic unit is one of the important components of CPU design. For computation of complex arithmetic functions on hardware, the CORDIC algorithm is an attractive fixed-point algorithm that uses ...

Devilish pathology: researchers have found a new problem with how floating-point calculations are done. (Courtesy: iStock/loops7) Scientists who think they have accurately modelled chaotic systems on ...

A U.S.-Finnish research team has developed an after-market method to adapt commercially available flexible thin-film solar panels for applications in floating PV projects. The special panel design can ...

Hardware for integer or fixed-point arithmetic is relatively simple to design, at least at the register-transfer level. If the range of values and precision that can be represented with these formats ...