#binaryarithmetic — Public Fediverse posts
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Neat trick for high-performance big-number arithmetic on modern CPUs:
“The Radix 2^51 Trick” [2017], Tim McLean (https://www.chosenplaintext.ca/articles/radix-2-51-trick.html).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44132673
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/1ch2zd/radix_2_51_trick_256_bit_addition_2020
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Neat trick for high-performance big-number arithmetic on modern CPUs:
“The Radix 2^51 Trick” [2017], Tim McLean (https://www.chosenplaintext.ca/articles/radix-2-51-trick.html).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44132673
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/1ch2zd/radix_2_51_trick_256_bit_addition_2020
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Where did #Bytes Come From? - #Computerphile
"Why do we have 8 #Bits in a byte? Professor #Brailsford on the origins of the humble byte."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixJCo0cyAuA&ab_channel=Computerphile
#Bit #BinaryDigit #BinaryDigits #IT #Computing #ComputerScience #Computation #History #HistoryOfComputing #HistoryOfComputers #Binary #BinaryArithmetic #Arithmetic #Math #Mathematics #DavidBrailsford
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Where did #Bytes Come From? - #Computerphile
"Why do we have 8 #Bits in a byte? Professor #Brailsford on the origins of the humble byte."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixJCo0cyAuA&ab_channel=Computerphile
#Bit #BinaryDigit #BinaryDigits #IT #Computing #ComputerScience #Computation #History #HistoryOfComputing #HistoryOfComputers #Binary #BinaryArithmetic #Arithmetic #Math #Mathematics #DavidBrailsford