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| Date | Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:15:31 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: Terrible FPU performance |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> wrote: > What's an FPU? Floating Point Unit, the part of your computer's processor that handles floating-point mathematics. Integer calculations are done in the main CPU, but the FPU (which these days is part of the same hunk of silicon, but used to be a separate purchase) gets all the really hard work farmed off to it. Gross oversimplification, but hopefully helpful. Chris Angelico
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Re: Terrible FPU performance Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-27 15:15 +1000
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