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Everything about Block floating point
Method in computer arithmetic
Block floating point (BFP) is a method used to provide an arithmetic approaching floating point while using a fixed-point processor. BFP assigns a group of significands to a single exponent, rather than a single significand being assigned its own exponent. BFP can be advantageous to limit space use in hardware to perform the same functions as floating-point algorithms, by reusing the exponent; some operations over multiple values between blocks can also be done with a reduced amount of computation. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Block floating pointA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: BFP Net: Balanced Feature Pyramid Network for Small Apple Detection in Complex Orchard EnvironmentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: GS and IPs and IVF and BFPThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adhesion to intestinal epithelial cells: role of bundle-forming pili (BFP), EspA filaments and intiminCited 176 times
- Go sideways: MinifloatA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Half-precision floating-point formatA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Beba.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adhesion to intestinal epithelial cells: role of bundle-forming pili (BFP), EspA filaments and intimin
GFP to BFP Conversion: A Versatile Assay for the Quantification of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Genome Editing
Effects of bfp Mutations on Biogenesis of Functional Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type IV Pili
A Photoluminescent Copper(I) Complex with an Exceptionally High CuII/CuI Redox Potential: [Cu(bfp)2]+ (bfp=2,9-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,10-phenanthroline)
Wound healing improvement by curcumin‐loaded electrospun nanofibers and BFP‐MSCs as a bioactive dressing
The use of buccal fat pad (BFP) as a pedicled graft in cleft palate surgery
The use of the pedicled buccal fat pad (BFP) and palatal rotating flaps in closure of oroantral communication and palatal defects
The novel phloroglucinol derivative BFP induces apoptosis of glioma cancer through reactive oxygen species and endoplasmic reticulum stress pathways
🆕 Influential since 2022
BFP Net: Balanced Feature Pyramid Network for Small Apple Detection in Complex Orchard Environment
A dual-functional device based on CB/PVDF@BFP for solar-driven water purification and water-induced electricity generation
Biomembrane force probe (BFP): Design, advancements, and recent applications to live‐cell mechanobiology
BFP-CIM: Runtime Energy-Accuracy Scalable Computing-in-Memory-Based DNN Accelerator Using Dynamic Block-Floating-Point Arithmetic
Laboratory and ultra-low cycle fatigue evaluation of the seismic performance of BFP connection with different amounts of pre-tension in bolts
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕GS and IPs and IVF and BFPPreggo Preggo Publisher · 2018
The freelance photographer's market handbookJohn Tracy, Stewart Gibson · 1989
Naff off!Victor Blackman · 1987- 📕The freelance photographer's market handbookBureau of Freelance Photographers · 1983
The photographer and the lawDonald Cassell · 1984- 📕Sparks and the Fallen StarLyndon White, Simon Birks · 2016
- 📕Mountains of MadnessAdam Fyda; Adam Fyda · 2023
- 📕Shadow over InnsmouthSimon Birks; R H Stewart; Lyndon White · 2023
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