From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:19:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: add to FPU update X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=35e06aa7a9dbb951dbd117d052372e91e5bab367;p=crowdsupply.git add to FPU update --- diff --git a/updates/014_2019feb12_floating_point.mdwn b/updates/014_2019feb12_floating_point.mdwn index 21c7b6c..36f7d71 100644 --- a/updates/014_2019feb12_floating_point.mdwn +++ b/updates/014_2019feb12_floating_point.mdwn @@ -86,5 +86,12 @@ not the other. There is a lot to be done, here, mostly not in actual "work", but simply in *understanding* how to go about doing IEEE754 arithmetic. Rounding, overflow, tininess, packing, normalisation, let alone optimisation: it's -a really big job. We'll just have to see how it goes. +a really big job: we'll just have to see how it goes, and in the +meantime, read up on resources such as this +[excellent guide](https://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html) +by Steve Hollasch. + +This is basically a background update, explaining the rationale and +direction that's been chosen. Future updates on the FPU will be much +more technical.