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Floating-point unit

Known as: Floating Point Unit, Math coprocessor, Floating-Point Processor 
A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
The enzymatic saccharification of pretreated furfural residues with different lignin content was studied to verify the effect of… 
2007
2007
The floating point unit of the next generation PowerPC is detailed. It has been tested at over 5 GHz. The design supports an… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
This paper presents a new approach to hardware aided image processing and analysis, primarily focused on HDR imaging. In order to… 
2004
2004
The floating-point unit (FPU) of the IBM z990 eServerTM is the first one in an IBM mainframe with a fused multiply-add dataflow… 
2003
2003
The next generation zSeries floating-point unit is unveiled which is the first IBM mainframe with a fused multiply-add dataflow… 
2001
2001
The structural evolution up to 5 GPa of a natural heulandite was studied using in situ , single-crystal X-ray diffraction data… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Low power, low cost, and high performance factors dictate the design of many microprocessors targeted to the low power computing… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Lactic acid promises to be an important commodity chemical in the future as a monomer for the production of biodegradable… 
1996
1996
The IBM PowerPC 603e floating-point unit (FPU) is an on-chip functional unit to support IEEE 754 standard single- and double… 
1986
1986
This chip's designers kept the hardware relatively simple and yet obtained high, IEEE-standard, floating-point performance.