Title :
Extended precision accumulation of floating-point data for digital signal generation and processing
Author :
Dabrowski, Adam ; Pawlowski, Pawel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Manage., Poznan Univ. of Technol., Poznan, Poland
Abstract :
In this paper we present a novel approach to the realization of floating-point computations, which are typical of various digital signal processing tasks. The proposed idea, referred to as "the two-accumulator concept", overcomes the phenomenon of accuracy reduction of floating-point computations in case of a long series of additions of small numbers with relatively large intermediate results. This phenomenon is a substantial drawback of the classic floating-point arithmetic, particularly in signal processing applications.
Keywords :
floating point arithmetic; signal processing; digital signal generation; digital signal processing; extended precision accumulation; floating-point computations; floating-point data; Accuracy; Digital signal processing; Frequency modulation; IEEE standards; Signal processing algorithms; Software;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing Conference, 2007 15th European
Conference_Location :
Poznan
Print_ISBN :
978-839-2134-04-6