GPGPU Programming for Games and Science

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2.1 Inexact representation of floating-point inputs . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2 Simple implementation for computing distance between two

points ............................... 18

2.3 Incorrect distance computation due to input problems . . . . 18

2.4 Conversion of rational numbers to binary scientific numbers . 26

2.5 A union is used to allow accessing a floating-point number or

manipulating its bits via an unsigned integer . . . . . . . . . 32

2.6 Decoding an 8-bit floating-point number . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

2.7 Decoding a 16-bit floating-point number . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

2.8 Decoding a 32-bit floating-point number . . . . . . . . . . . . ...