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We present a parameterized floating-point library for use with reconfigurable hardware. Our format is both general and flexible. All IEEE formats are a subset of our format, as are all previously published floating-point formats for reconfigurable hardware. We have developed a library of fully parameterized hardware modules for format control, arithmetic operations and conversion to and from any fixed-point format. The format converters allow for hybrid implementations that combine both fixed and floating-point calculations. This permits the designer to choose between the increased range of floating-point and the increased precision of fixed-point within the same application. We illustrate the use of this library with a hybrid implementation of the K-means clustering algorithm applied to multispectral satellite images.
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Belanović, P., Leeser, M. (2002). A Library of Parameterized Floating-Point Modules and Their Use. In: Glesner, M., Zipf, P., Renovell, M. (eds) Field-Programmable Logic and Applications: Reconfigurable Computing Is Going Mainstream. FPL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2438. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46117-5_68
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