Description
The floating point standard was released in 1985 by IEEE as a standard method of implementing floating point math in hardware. According to the IEEE:
This standard specifies basic and extended floating-point number formats; add, subtract, multiply, divide, square root, remainder, and compare operations; conversions between integer and floating-point formats; conversions between different floating-point formats; conversions between basic-format floating-point numbers and decimal strings; and floating-point exceptions and their handling, including nonnumbers.
Floating point math has traditionally been implemented by a unit separate from the primary microprocessor. We seek to design a floating point coprocessor that will be completely compliant with IEEE 754 and compatible with the OpenRISC 1000.
Maintainer(s):
Author(s):
Mailing-list: