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21 years ago

double precision multiplication

Hi, Is it normal that a double precision multiply operation between local variables is taking about 1100 cycles for a NIOS II to execute it? Note: The nymber of cycles is measured using th...
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21 years ago

I don't know the exact number of cycles, but floating point calculations are not quick if you do not have dedicated hardware for the job. Having the double precision doesn't help matters. If you want this to be fast, I think their is a relatively small floating point core in this forum.