Logarithmic Number System

Logarithmic Number System

The Logarithmic Number System (LNS) is an arithmetic system used for representing real numbers in computer and digital hardware.It was first introduced in 1975 by Swartzlander and Alexopoulos [] A fabricated prototype of the processor, which has a 32-bit cotransformation-based LNS Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), shows that LNS can have "better than FP" accuracy, with improved speed.

References

External links

* [http://www.xlnsresearch.com A site that lists LNS papers]
* [http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LIP/Arenaire/Ware/FPLibrary/ A VHDL Library for LNS hardware generation]


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