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From: glenn@ready.eng.ready.com (Glenn Kasten)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Re: 68340 Flt Pt ?
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.171040.12991@ready.eng.ready.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 17:10:40 GMT
Sender: glenn@ready.eng.ready.com (Glenn Kasten)
Organization: Ready Systems
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From glenn Wed Jun 12 10:09:25 1991
To: jandres@ssl.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: 68340 Flt Pt ?
Cc: +683xx
Status: R

According to Tom Starnes, Motorola product marketing manager
for the 68330 and 68340, the first batch of 683xx processors
has no floating-point support.  He believes only 10% of
intended market requires floating-point, and this can be handled by:
a. Motorola's "fast floating-point" software package
(non-IEEE format, 32-bit precision, very fast, no C support
b. C compiler vendor's full IEEE software floating point
c. 68881/68882 as a peripheral chip using F-line traps or macros
These are Tom Starnes opinions, not mine.
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Glenn Kasten
Ready Systems 470 Potrero Ave. Sunnyvale CA 94086 
glenn@ready.com (408) 522-7357 

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Glenn Kasten
Ready Systems 470 Potrero Ave. Sunnyvale CA 94086 
glenn@ready.com (408) 522-7357