Re: How to use floating point in a module?
From: Manfred Spraul
Date: Mon May 31 2004 - 15:39:57 EST
Horst von Brand wrote:
Trascendental functions are _not_ computed by series in practice, rational
approximations (polinomial / polinomial) are used instead. Or interpolate
in a smallish table.
Is that really faster on modern cpus? The multiplier is fully pipelined
and a division takes 25-40 cycles.
--
Manfred
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