An algorithm for converting floating-point computations to fixed-point in MATLAB based FPGA design

Proceedings - Design Automation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 484-487

  Roy, Sanghamitra ^a   Banerjee, Prith ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed point; Floating Point; Quantization; Quantizer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FIXED POINT; FLOATING POINT; QUANTIZATION; QUANTIZER;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS;

EID: 4444323969     PISSN: 0738100X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/996566.996701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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