William Kahan
A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the principal designers of the IEEE 754 floating-point standard. He collaborated with Intel on the design of the 8087 floating-point coprocessor.
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When designing the 8087, Intel collaborated with Professor William Kahan of UC Berkeley to establish a floating-point model centered on the hidden bit, normalized numbers, four rounding modes, and five exception classes.
William Kahan received the Turing Award for his contributions to the field of floating-point arithmetic.
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When designing the 8087, Intel collaborated with Professor William Kahan of UC Berkeley to establish a floating-point model centered on the hidden bit, normalized numbers, four rounding modes, and five exception classes.
50%UnverifiedWilliam Kahan received the Turing Award for his contributions to the field of floating-point arithmetic.
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