Archive - Computer, Enhance!

Q&A #74 (2025-04-01)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

16 hrs ago

1:03:59

March 2025

February 2025

Fused Multiply-Add

Modern CPUs and GPUs have the ability to do multiplication and addition in a single operation, which helps us achieve both better performance and more…

Feb 19

31:26

Q&A #72 (2025-02-17)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Feb 18

1:12:48

How you factor a polynomial affects both the efficiency and the precision of the resulting computation.

Feb 11

28:22

Approximation Using Higher-Power Polynomials

Now that we've done a simple quadratic approximation, it's time to look at polynomials with (a lot) more terms.

Feb 5

25:04

Q&A #71 (2025-02-03)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Feb 4

51:53

January 2025

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