Re: Fixed point Vs Floating point

JosephKK wrote:

Do you know of any processor that handles denormals in hardware, other than by flushing to zero? I haven't found one, and I don't think any exists. That's what I mean by "no hardware support".

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

Gosh, just after i named multiple ones. Go study the databooks before
you respond.

None of the ones that you named do it--certainly not any Intel ones. Support for denormals is provided by handling the EM_DENORMAL exception in software, or by flushing to zero.

Nice bluff, though.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

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