Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!think!linus!bs From: bs@linus.UUCP (Robert D. Silverman) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Integer Multiply/Divide on Sparc Message-ID: <86431@linus.UUCP> Date: 9 Jan 90 13:38:19 GMT References: <84768@linus.UUCP> <8840005@hpfcso.HP.COM> Reply-To: bs@gauss.UUCP (Robert D. Silverman) Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford MA Lines: 25 In article <8840005@hpfcso.HP.COM> dgr@hpfcso.HP.COM (Dave Roberts) writes: stuff deleted.. : (6) If you really need the blazing integer speed, buy a coprocessor. : That is also one of the fundemental RISC ideas. There are times : when things just aren't done well by software and do need hardware : help. This option also allows you to get *really, really* fast I'd love to. The only problem is: How do I integrate (say) an integer DSP chip into my SUN so it will act as a co-processor. Who modifies the compilers to use it, etc. etc... I could rewrite the compilers but I don't have the time. Do you know of a commercially available integer coprocessor that I can plug into a workstation? I don't. : integer speed by using a multiplier array (works by generating : all the product terms all at once and then adding the whole etc. -- Bob Silverman #include Internet: bs@linus.mitre.org; UUCP: {decvax,philabs}!linus!bs Mitre Corporation, Bedford, MA 01730