10 Oct
2006
10 Oct
'06
5:59 p.m.
Of course it's not decimal mode the way, say, a 6502 would do it but it's
interesting to see a major architecture bring back non-binary-based operations
(in this case base 10 calculations to avoid precision difficulties).
http://news.com.com/IBMs+Power6+gets+help+with+math%2C+multimedia/2100-1006…
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