Name: Anonymous 2018-09-25 17:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N05yYbUZMSQ
Posits are to be used as an imitation of real numbers just like floats but are almost always more accurate in practice thanks to a non-uniform distribution of relative accuracy. Also, they're easier to implement in hardware and have a larger dynamic range (but that's pointless). MIT licensed. It seems to be working better for deep learning and PDE solving. Intel and NVidia are among interested parties. If this guy can be trusted, are floats already dead?
Posits are to be used as an imitation of real numbers just like floats but are almost always more accurate in practice thanks to a non-uniform distribution of relative accuracy. Also, they're easier to implement in hardware and have a larger dynamic range (but that's pointless). MIT licensed. It seems to be working better for deep learning and PDE solving. Intel and NVidia are among interested parties. If this guy can be trusted, are floats already dead?