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From: bga@raspail.UUCP (Bruce Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.fortran,comp.misc,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Quadruple-Precision Floating Point ?
Keywords: REAL*16 hardware? obscure
Message-ID: <1118@raspail.UUCP>
Date: 29 Dec 88 15:09:27 GMT
References: <8561@alice.UUCP> <1973@scolex>
Organization: Control Data Corporation, Arden Hills, MN
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In article <1973@scolex>, seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes:
> In article <8561@alice.UUCP> wcs@alice.UUCP (Bill Stewart, usually) writes:
> >Are there any machines that implement quad-precision (128-bit) floating
> >point numbers in hardware?
> 
> Yes.  Cyber's, which have 60-bit single precision, have 120-bit double
> precision.  Their decendents, the Cray's, have 64-bit single precision, and
> 128-bit double precision.  They are, however, probably a bit much for you.

The Cyber 180's have 64 bit words, with 128 bit quad.  I believe the 930,
roughly comparable to a high-end Vax, is priced under $100k.