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A new high precision floating point library for the cell B.E. processor

by J. Coles and F. Gaignat and M. Calderara and D. Nordmann and W. P. Petersen

(Report number 2008-06)

Abstract
We have developed a high precision library based on a proposed IEEE format for quad-precision numbers. The library uses the unique vector machine instructions found on the IBM Cell B.E. processor to efficiently manipulate quad word data. Usage, performance, and verification of results are described.

Keywords:

@Techreport{CGCNP08_371,
  author = {J. Coles and F. Gaignat and M. Calderara and D. Nordmann and W. P. Petersen},
  title = {A new high precision floating point library for the cell B.E. processor},
  institution = {Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Z{\"u}rich},
  number = {2008-06},
  address = {Switzerland},
  url = {https://www.sam.math.ethz.ch/sam_reports/reports_final/reports2008/2008-06.pdf },
  year = {2008}
}

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