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Yes, that is what I was getting at. Floating point hardware with fewer bits have less complexity and so have smaller transistor die area and power consumption.
by em3rgent0rdr 3y ago
Yes, that is what I was getting at. Floating point hardware with fewer bits have less complexity and so have smaller transistor die area and power consumption.
- WithinReason 3y agoIf I recall correctly, area/power is proportional to the square of the length of the mantissa.