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Floating Point Coprocessors
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The designer of any microprocessor would like to extend its instruction
set almost infinitely but is limited by the quantity of silicon available (not
to mention the problems of testability and complexity). Consequently, a real
microprocessor represents a compromise between what is desirable and wh ....
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....oprocessor with a special bus to communicate with the external
coprocessor. Whenever the microprocessor encounters an operation that requires
the intervention of the coprocessor, the special bus provides a dedicated high-
speed communication between the MPU and the coprocessor. Once again, this
solution is not simple. There are more methods of connecting two (or more)
concurrently operating processors, which will be covered in more detail during
the specific discussions of the Intel and Motorola.... |
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