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Subject: Re: String Processing Instructions
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Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 13:01:00 EST
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Re: "cortic", "quartic"

Its CORDIC.  I forget what it stands for, but its a uniform way of
computing algebraic and transcendental functions.  If I remember
correctly, the only special support required is a multiple-bit
shifter (e.g. a barrel shifter) big enough to handle the mantissa.

- Arch