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From: beyer@houxs.UUCP (J.BEYER)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: super multipliers
Message-ID: <662@houxs.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 88 13:36:05 GMT
References: <235@unicom.UUCP> <28200089@ccvaxa> <3127@phri.UUCP>, <1483@mips.mips.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
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Summary: NORC
	 Fast Multiplier

If memory serves, the NORC (Naval Ordinance Research Computer) by I.B.M.,
had an "instantaneous" multiplier. That was in vacuum-tube days. I think the
machine had over 10 decimal digits fraction and 2 decimal digits exponent.
As I recall, it did a floating point add and a floating point multiply in the
same amount of time.