From: garrett@sba70.berkeley.edu (Garrett D'Amore) Subject: Weitek Coprocessors? Date: 27 Apr 1993 20:57:16 GMT
In article <C65nL8.6yF@crdnns.crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
[irrelevant stuff deleted]
> integer performance is better with a 486-66, float a bit less. I use
>both, and speed is not the reason for choosing one over the other for
>any given application.
I'm curious. Has anyone tried Linux with a Weitek coprocessor? I bet
it performs better in the floating point stuff. I'd be interested in
hearing from anyone who's tried it. BTW, does Linux (and gcc in particular)
support the Weitek? I'm not sure whether the software handling is any
different or not. Somebody who's an intel FPU expert come enlighten us.
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