Describe the theory behind complex binary calculations using the floating point format &why they are neccesary

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Describe the theory behind complex binary calculations using the floating point format &why they are neccesary

Hi, I'm totally stuck on this question in my homework and was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to help. I would really appreciate your time.

Describe the theory behind complex binary calculations using the floating point format & why they are neccesary?

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Simon

Answer 1

If you need a complex math function like sin or cos or tan in assembly language, it would be very time consuming to do it in the main part of the processor and it would take too many instructions. It is faster, easier to use the co-processor which has these math functions built in. This part of the processor, called the math coprocessor, is in floating point format and is really fast. It has complex math functions like sin, cos, tan, exp, and is very fast.

Answer 2

Too complex to explain here...it would bore everyone