wHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HARDWARE FPU136 ?

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wHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HARDWARE FPU136 ?

pLEASE LET ME KNOW ABOUT FPU136 CHIP ?WHAT IS ITS USE?

2007-02-14 02:45:41 · 2 answers · asked by tamperfinder 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware

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It is used by the CPU for math functions.

Because mathematics with floating-point numbers requires a great deal of computing power, many microprocessors come with a chip, called a floating point unit (FPU ), specialized for performing floating-point arithmetic.
FPUs are also called math coprocessors and numeric coprocessors.

Source
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/floating_point_number.html

regards,
Philip T

2007-02-14 03:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It is used to stop people from using ALL CAPITOLS when posting a question on Yahoo! Answers.

2007-02-14 10:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by pete_can_do 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋