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14 years ago --- Quote Start --- On one extreme, if you want a 64 bit float input and output, I guess you will need to spend money on buying an IP core. --- Quote End --- If you want to calculate a log or other mathematical function, you can always refer to a series representation, that's also used when calculating it in a numerical coprocessor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/series_(mathematics) To save resources, a sequential calculation is mostly preferred.