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floating point processor

An arithmetic unit designed to perform floating point operations. It may be contained in the CPU itself, a coprocessor chip or in a separate machine connected to the main computer.
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The works are briefed starting from floating point representation standards to embedding floating point unit cores in FPGAs; this also includes some studies about hardware complexities of logarithmic circuits as the proposed model utilizes LNS for performance improvement.
* The use of floating point unit is advantageous; nevertheless it only slightly reduces the computing time of Monte-Carlo method.
Here, the code generated by Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder seems to be better suited for a processor containing a hardware floating point unit. Higher numerical calculations (e.g.
It is based' on a PowerPC processor with floating point unit. TE-100, the first product in the line, has a resolution of 659x494 pixels using a monochrome, progressive scan sensor.
Due to its floating point unit and digital signal processing capabilities, the RX600 is able to process the sensor fusion algorithm in real time with minimal loading on the CPU.
The 34Kf core includes a floating point unit that provides enhanced performance for graphics-intensive functionality, making it critical for connected DTV and technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Adobe(R) Flash(R) Player and Android(TM).
"The new features in our enhanced micro-architecture, such as a dedicated floating point unit per core, in concert with the flexibility and scalability of Appro's system design, can help these national labs reach world-class results in computational output."
In addition, the SH7780 incorporates an on-chip floating point unit (FPU) with a maximum operating speed of 400 MHz.
An optional 64-bit floating point unit can deliver 2.8GFLOPS for high-end multimedia applications.
The floating point unit is on the CLIPPER processor chip.
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