OK, I figured out / remembered how you convert an addition, that you want to compute using the logarithm of the numbers, into multiplication and then into a logarithmic look up table.
Jim Bromer On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you know a formula for computing the fudge factor for logarithmic > addition and the precision of using it? Do you know where I can find more > about this? > Incidentally, I don't think you have considered the possible implications > of a SAT solver in p. I don't know what those implications are but I know > that what might seem reasonable to you now might seem less reasonable ten > years from now. > > Jim Bromer > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Steve Richfield <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> TJ, >> >> The resend of my paper is attached to this posting. Can you see it OK? >> >> Steve >> =============== >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 5:33 PM, TJ Katal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> resend paper attatchment please i didnnt get it the first >>> On May 18, 2015 1:43 PM, "Alan Grimes" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Steve Richfield wrote: >>>> > Alan, >>>> > >>>> > The methods to circumvent your concerns are known, but each has been >>>> > prematurely dismissed in the absence of the others. Please read my >>>> > attached FPGA-oriented paper, and then identify what (if anything) I >>>> > might have been missing. >>>> > >>>> > Specific comments follow... >>>> >>>> Okay, that was a perfectly splendid paper. >>>> >>>> 1. The reason we are using instead of x86_64 instead of <monks chanting >>>> worshipfully>the 21364 </monks> is the software... The software guys >>>> will be even more annoyed if they have to use a special version of Ada >>>> and can't rely on the chip to be in a specific configuration. >>>> >>>> 2. /me sobs pathetically about the $8,000 price tag on the Altera >>>> Stratix 5 kit and the inavailability of the Startix 10 that they've been >>>> teasing us about for a few years now. =( >>>> >>>> 3. Have u seen the AMD Kevari APU? It actually puts CPU and GPU >>>> resources into a single address space making it actually feasible to use >>>> GPU resources for more general computations without memory gymnastics. >>>> >>>> 4. Where is the paper that describes what computations you actually need >>>> for AGI? -- that would seem to be a pre-requisite for going nuts >>>> designing chips. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. >>>> >>>> Powers are not rights. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>> AGI >>>> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >>>> RSS Feed: >>>> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/26971539-9c060d2f >>>> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >>>> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >>>> >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a >> six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back >> full employment. >> >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-653794b5> | >> Modify >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
