works@ucbvax.UUCP (11/20/85)
The following abstract is for an article to be posted to net.arch in a few days. I am posting the abstract to notify persons who may be interested but don't subscribe to net.arch. Extending Weitek Architecture David Hough ABSTRACT This paper contains personal opinions of the author which should not be assumed to be the posi- tion of any organization. The Motorola 68881 and Weitek 1164/1165 chips have become popular float- ing point implementations and represent different decisions about performance, complexity, and con- formance to the IEEE standard. Future chip sets in the Weitek style should incorporate some of the ideas that shaped the 68881.