Hi, I'm continiously impressed with the bitmagic used in chess engines, 3dgames and other highly optimized codebases. I've tried to read about IEEE and the article at topcoder, but I would like a more elaborate material, like a book.
Do anybody know such a book, that describes the layout of IEEE, the bit tricks and the math behind them?
Hacker's Delight: http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Delight-Henry-S-Warren/dp/0201914654/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258584354&sr=8-1
sounds perfect for you, unless you're looking for an introductory text.
While not a book, this blog post Advanced bit manipulation-fu by Christer Ericson, Director of Tools and Technology at Sony Santa Monica, is a very cool collection of bit fiddling.
Very good low level bit wizardry is in the first chapter of Matters Computational, also available as a PDF for free download. It contains rather advanced algorithms you usually do not find elsewhere.