Analysis of reciprocal and square root reciprocal instructions in the AMD K6-2 implementation of 3DNow!

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 24, Issue , 2000, Pages 34-62

  Iordache, Cristina ^a   Matula, David W ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; FUNCTIONS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS; MONOTONICITY PROPERTIES; RECIPROCAL FUNCTIONS; SQUARE ROOT RECIPROCAL INSTRUCTIONS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 0003292277     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0661(05)80621-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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