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PRECISION designed for manipulation of numbers with accurate retention of up to thousands of digits per number. Use of PRECISION prevents underflow and overflow in programs that generate extreme numbers such as probability theory, statistics, and scientific applications.
The FEM-2 parallel computer is designed using methods differing from those ordinarily employed in parallel computer design. The major distinguishing aspects are: (1) a top-down rather than bottom-up design process; (2) the design considers the entire system structure in terms of layers of virtual machines; and (3) each layer of virtual machine is defined formally during the design process. The result is a complete hardware/software system design. The basic design method is discussed and the advantages of the method are considered. A status report on the FEM-2 design is included.