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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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2011
2011
The POWER7 Binary Floating-Point Unit
The binary Floating-Point Unit (FPU) of the POWER7 processor is a 5.5 cycle Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) design, fully compliant with… 
2007
2007
P6 Binary Floating-Point Unit
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
General-Purpose Computation Using Graphics Hardware for Fast HDR Image Processing
This paper presents a new approach to hardware aided image processing and analysis, primarily focused on HDR imaging. In order to… 
2006
2006
Binary Floating-Point Unit Design
Since 1990 many floating-point units have been designed using a fused multiply-add dataflow. This type of design has a huge… 
2004
2004
The IBM eServer z990 floating-point unit
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
High performance floating-point unit with 116 bit wide divider
The next generation zSeries floating-point unit is unveiled which is the first IBM mainframe with a fused multiply-add dataflow… 
2001
2001
High-pressure structural behaviour of heulandite
The structural evolution up to 5 GPa of a natural heulandite was studied using in situ , single-crystal X-ray diffraction data… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Production of lactic acid from wastepaper as a cellulosic feedstock
Lactic acid promises to be an important commodity chemical in the future as a monomer for the production of biodegradable… 
1996
1996
The floating-point unit of the PowerPC 603e microprocessor
The IBM PowerPC 603e floating-point unit (FPU) is an on-chip functional unit to support IEEE 754 standard single- and double… 
1986
1986
The NS32081 Floating-point Unit
This chip's designers kept the hardware relatively simple and yet obtained high, IEEE-standard, floating-point performance. 
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