Discussion
Comparing two parts that differ only in that one has a hardware floating point unit, the unit is worth paying for when the application
Answer: D
Correct answer: performs sustained floating point arithmetic in a timed loop
A hardware unit earns its cost where floating point operations happen often and to a deadline - a control loop, a filter, a transform - because software emulation takes tens or hundreds of cycles for what the unit does in one. Floating point confined to initialisation costs nothing worth optimising, and the language used is irrelevant since the compiler emits the same operations either way.
No comment is present. Be the first to comment.
Loading…
Post your comment
Please log in or register to post a comment.
Examination Categories
- SSC Exams
- Banking Exams
- Teaching Exams
- Civil Services Exams
- Railways Exams
- Engineering Recruitment Exams
- Defence Exams
- State Government Exams
- Police Exams
- Insurance Exams
- Nursing Exams
- Other Government Exams
- NRA CET
- PG Entrance Exams
- Campus Placement
- MBA Entrance Exams
- CUET and UG Entrance
- Judiciary Exams
- Regulatory Body Exams
- Software Development