Summation based benchmark for calculators

[Paul Dale]

(12-25-2017 12:46 AM)emece67 Wrote:  Amazed by the really small (~10 %) increase in time in the wp34s when switched from 16 to 34 digits.

The 34S computes in beyond double precision internally regardless of the mode set. My feeling is that the reduction in memory accesses (copying mostly) account for the bulk of the difference between the two. However, there are a few functions where being in single precision allows some short cuts.


Pauli