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Article #13357Re: String Processing Instructions
From: robison
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1987 18:01
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1987 18:01
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Re: "cortic", "quartic" Its CORDIC. I forget what it stands for, but its a uniform way of computing algebraic and transcendental functions. If I remember correctly, the only special support required is a multiple-bit shifter (e.g. a barrel shifter) big enough to handle the mantissa. - Arch
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!styx!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucdcsb!robison From: robison@uiucdcsb.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: String Processing Instructions Message-ID: <165100004@uiucdcsb> Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 13:01:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.165100004 Posted: Mon Mar 30 13:01:00 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Apr-87 06:29:55 EST References: <984@mips.UUCP> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:mips.UUCP:984:uiucdcsb:165100004:000:295 Nf-From: uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu!robison Mar 30 12:01:00 1987