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by jiggawatts 1524 days ago
Replying to myself to add:

Here's a Design Rule Checking (DRC) paper that mentions using 32-bit floats for things like checking distances between polygonal traces: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.49...

If 32-bit is sufficient, then 64-bit definitely is, even for the latest & greatest silicon processes...