Microcode in Intel's 8087 floating-point chip: the scale instruction
- In the 1970s, floating-point arithmetic was a mess.
- Computer manufacturers had a dozen incompatible arithmetic standards.
- Moreover, floating-point systems were designed around hardware simplicity rather than mathematical rigor, leading to problems with numerical stability.
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- In the 1970s, floating-point arithmetic was a mess.
- Computer manufacturers had a dozen incompatible arithmetic standards.
- Moreover, floating-point systems were designed around hardware simplicity rather than mathematical rigor, leading to problems with numerical stability.
Sources: Righto