2 papers
cs.AR2026
Golden Ruler: A Numeric Format Catalog with Bit-Exact Conformance Vectors for FP8, BF16, MXFP4, and Microscaling Formats
Dmitrii Vasilev
Numeric format proliferation in machine learning hardware -- FP8 (E4M3 and E5M2), BF16, MXFP4, microscaling block formats, and dozens of research variants -- has outpaced the avail…
cs.AR2026
GoldenFloat: A Phi-Derived Static-Split Floating-Point Family from GF4 to GF1024 with a Lucas-Exact Integer Identity
Dmitrii Vasilev
We present a hardware-oriented description of GoldenFloat (GF), a static-split floating-point family generated by a single closed rule, and three concrete artefacts: (i) an open mu…