Title :
Comments on "A Floating Point Multiplexed DDA System"
Author :
Mccrea, Philip G. ; Maxwell, P.C. ; Baker, P.W.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering Science, University of Essex
Abstract :
In a recent paper, Hannington and Whitehead1describe the design of a floating point digital differential analyzer (DDA). There are, however, shortcomings in the design which we will describe in this correspondence.
Keywords :
Computer science; Costs; Finite wordlength effects; Floating-point arithmetic; Notice of Violation; Registers;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TC.1978.1675033
