Re: [f-cpu] Re: Floating-Point?

[Michael Riepe <michael@stud.uni-hannover.de>]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 04:40:03PM +0200, Ekkehard Morgenstern wrote:
[...]
> Whether execution speed suffers from 128 bits, is a question of
> FPU design, I think.
> 
> For example, Intel's Pentium processor line uses lots of tables
> to maximize the speed of multiplication and division operations.

Yep, that's where the famous FDIV bug came from :)

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 Michael "Tired" Riepe <Michael.Riepe@stud.uni-hannover.de>
 "All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die"
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