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- From: stripes@pix.com (Josh Osborne)
- Subject: Re: CPU and speed question
- Message-ID: <BuBMC0.K3w@pix.com>
- Keywords: thanks
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- Organization: Pix Technologies -- The company with no adult supervision
- References: <4034@keele.keele.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:09:35 GMT
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- [I think this is Dana Jacobsen jacobsd@solar.cor2.epa.gov, but can't tell from
- the prev message]
-
- >Operation Moto 88110 TI SuperSPARC DEC Alpha
- >
- >Int add/sub 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/1-2
- >Int mul 1/ 3 4/ 4 19-23/19-23
- >Int div 18/ 18 18/ 18 ---
- >FP add/sub 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 6
- >FP mul 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 6
- >FP div 13-26/23-26 6- 9/ 6- 9 30-63/30-63
- >FP sqrt ??? 7-12/ 8-12 ???
-
- Am I right in assuming that 1/3 means "1 outstanding (max) 3 cycles to
- complete", or is it something else?
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