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Re: New Math Coprocessor - who has a need for it???

To: gudat@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (gudat henrik)
Subject: Re: New Math Coprocessor - who has a need for it???
From: 90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (TAO BRIAN T)
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 05:59:33 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: MuGS Research and Development Facility
References: <1993Jul15.090209.10130@ifi.unizh.ch>
Reply-to: 90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (Brian Tao)

In article <1993Jul15.090209.10130@ifi.unizh.ch>, gudat henrik writes...
> 
> QuickDraw and I guess ACe as well use integer math. Only floating point
> stuff will be accelerated.

    Why can't math copros and DSP's speed up integer math as well? 
Sure, FP math is slower, but int math is used in more places.
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