Using two computer words instead of one to hold a number used for calculations, thus allowing twice as large a number for more arithmetic precision. Contrast with single precision. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

Floating-point arithmetic is used extensively in many applications across multiple market segments. These applications often require a large number of calculations and are prevalent in financial ...

For the past year, enthusiasts have been chomping at the bit waiting for the next generation of graphics cards to arrive. The 28nm node has persisted for far longer than any previous generation, and ...

A slide from an Nvidia presentation is stirring some things on the web as it seems as some info on the Flagship GPU on the new 16nm Pascal architecture (likely named GP100) would be able to perform ...