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by imtringued 108 days ago
Considering the use of 32-bit fixed point numbers, you can bet on that person having zero clues.

Even the crappiest FPGA has at least 18x18 multipliers, meaning that you could add a small exponent on top to get a floating point type with a slightly worse precision than single precision floats.

32 bit fixed point doesn't map to any DSP I'm aware of.