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Article #21754Re: Reciprocal approximation (was Intel 860 Architecture)
From: Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Lan...
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 20:55
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 20:55
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In article <1989Dec14.184714.1473@mentor.com> mbutts@mentor.com (Mike Butts) writes: I recall being told (years ago, now) by algorithmic folks that much work in scientific computing over the years has been directed towards finding This generally resulted in algorithms with numerical problems. Most really stable algorithms wind up with some divides and sqrts. That is why many RISC machines have these instructions. -- Keith H. Bierman |*My thoughts are my own. !! kbierman@sun.com It's Not My Fault | MTS --Only my work belongs to Sun* I Voted for Bill & | Advanced Languages/Floating Point Group Opus | "When the going gets Weird .. the Weird turn PRO" "There is NO defense against the attack of the KILLER MICROS!" Eugene Brooks
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!sun-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.sun-bb (Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Languages) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Reciprocal approximation (was Intel 860 Architecture) Message-ID: <KHB.89Dec15125535@chiba.sun-bb> Date: 15 Dec 89 20:55:35 GMT References: <8991@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1989Dec14.184714.1473@mentor.com> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Lines: 19 In-reply-to: mbutts@mentor.com's message of 14 Dec 89 18:47:14 GMT