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    A floating-point unit (FPU), numeric processing unit (NPU), colloquially math coprocessor, is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out...
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    In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic on subsets of real numbers formed by a significand (a signed sequence of a fixed number of digits...
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  • In computing, quadruple precision (or quad precision) is a binary floating-point–based computer number format that occupies 16 bytes (128 bits) with precision...
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  • in the diverse floating-point implementations that made them difficult to use reliably and portably. Many hardware floating-point units use the IEEE 754...
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  • unit (ICU), a fixed-point unit (FXU), a floating point unit (FPU), a number of data-cache units (DCU), a storage-control unit (SCU) and an I/O unit....
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  • Hexadecimal floating point (now called HFP by IBM) is a format for encoding floating-point numbers first introduced on the IBM System/360 computers, and...
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  • Fixed-point representation was the norm in mechanical calculators. Since most modern processors have a fast floating-point unit (FPU), fixed-point representations...
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    respectively. The floating-point unit (FPU) consists of four functional units, an adder, a multiplier, divide unit and square root unit. The adder and multiplier...
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    Digital's 1.0-micrometre (μm) CMOS-3 process. The test chip lacked a floating point unit and only had 1 KB caches. The test chip was used to confirm the operation...
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    integer binary numbers. This is in contrast to a floating-point unit (FPU), which operates on floating point numbers. It is a fundamental building block of...
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  • Floating point operations per second (FLOPS, flops or flop/s) is a measure of computer performance in computing, useful in fields of scientific computations...
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  • arithmetic logic unit, address generation unit, floating-point unit, load–store unit, branch execution unit or other smaller and more specific components...
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    between the two integer pipelines. The floating-point unit consisted of two floating-point pipelines and the floating point register file. The two pipelines...
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  • computing, half precision (sometimes called FP16 or float16) is a binary floating-point computer number format that occupies 16 bits (two bytes in modern computers)...
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  • functionality Branch Unit (BRU) Fixed Point Integer Unit (FXU) Load and Store Unit (LSU) Floating-Point Unit (FPU) Vector Media Extension Unit (VMX) The PPU...
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    affected by a few minor compatibility problems, the Nx586 lacked a floating-point unit (FPU) and (the then crucial) pin-compatibility, while the K5 had...
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    the floating-point unit (FPU) of the early Intel Pentium processors. Because of the bug, the processor would return incorrect binary floating point results...
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  • on any model of the range. The hardware floating-point unit, if fitted, ran autonomously. After a floating-point operation was started, integer instructions...
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    functional units: fixed-point execution unit (FXU), floating-point execution unit (FPU), the memory management unit (MMU), memory interface unit (MIU), sequencer...
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  • unified so that the GPRs can store floating-point numbers as well. Floating-point registers (FPRs) store floating-point numbers in many architectures. Constant...
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    in 1991. It was a modified Intel i486DX microprocessor with its floating-point unit (FPU) disabled. It was intended as a lower-cost CPU for use in low-end...
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  • Floating Point is an album by John McLaughlin, released in 2008 through the record label Abstract Logix. The album reached number fourteen on Billboard's...
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    and mathematical operations on floating-point numbers performed by the CPU's floating-point unit (FPU). The control unit (CU) is a component of the CPU...
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    Cortex-M33, Cortex-M35P, Cortex-M52, Cortex-M55, Cortex-M85. A floating-point unit (FPU) option is available for Cortex-M4 / M7 / M33 / M35P / M52 /...
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  • hardware of an optional, attached processor called a "floating-point unit" (FPU) or "floating-point processor" (FPP), accessible to the CPU as a fast input...
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    oh-forty). The 68040 was the first 680x0 family member with an on-chip Floating-Point Unit (FPU). It thus included all of the functionality that previously...
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  • functional units, including a floating-point unit, an integer unit, a branch unit and a sequencer unit. The processor also included a memory management unit. The...
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  • instructions vector RISC-V assembly language includes instructions for a floating-point unit (FPU). These largely perform the same operation in parallel on many...
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  • execution units. It was developed by Robert Tomasulo at IBM in 1967 and was first implemented in the IBM System/360 Model 91’s floating point unit. The major...
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    single-/dual-core 32-bit LX6 microprocessor(s) Supports single-precision Floating-Point Unit (FPU) Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth: v4.2 BR/EDR and BLE (shares...
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