Today’s readings:

(Lecture 23, Wednesday 5/20/2015)

• Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, by David Kirk and Wen-mei Hwu, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers (2010), Chapter 7 (Floating Point). (9 pp). Available on-line Draft Form

• For further reading (optional)
  • IEEE-754 Floating-Point Conversion
  • Background material on floating point
  • The Baleful Effects of Computer Benchmarks on Applied Math, Physics and Chemistry, by W. Kahan