Hi everyone.
I'm attend the SKA conference in Auckland next week and I would
like to discuss a opportunity for the D community.
I am based in Wellington, New Zealand. In Auckland, NZ, from
Tuesday to Friday next week there will be two seminars held.
The first 2 days (Tuesday and Wednesday) are for the multicore
conference. Details are http://www.multicoreworld.com/
Here is the schedule for 2 days (thursday & friday) of the SKA
conference:
http://openparallel.com/multicore-world-2014/computing-for-ska/schedule-computing-for-ska-2014/
John Gustafson Will be presenting a Keynote on Thursday 27th
February at 11:00 am
The abstract is here:
http://openparallel.com/multicore-world-2014/speakers/john-gustafson/
There is also a excellent background paper, (PDF - 64 pages)
which can be found here:
http://sites.ieee.org/scv-cs/files/2013/03/Right-SizingPrecision1.pdf
The math details are beyond me, but I understand his basic idea.
I would like to bring your attention to Page 34 and his comments
re "standard committees" and page 62 and his comments "Coded in
Mathematica for now. Need a fast native version.."
I am sure you can see where I am going with this ....
1. Would it be possible to implement the "unum" representation
in D and therefore make it a contender for the SKA ?
2. Is there any interest in this format within the D community
Destroy.
Nick
