Brian is correct. I got out the old C3x and C4x books and checked.
Jeff Brower
Signalogic
Brian Carlson wrote: >
> C3x floating point format is not compatible with IEEE 754.
> I believe this decision was made because it was easier/faster
> to support another format in those devices.
>
> C4x is also not compatible, but does have instructions to
> convert to and from IEEE (TOIEEE/FRIEEE).
>
> 6711 does include support for IEEE 754 single and double
> precision in hardware.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Brower [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:09 AM
> To: Nalin K Pithwa
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [c6x] IEEE 754 support
>
> Nalin K Pithwa-
>
> > Does the TMS320C6711 DSP chip provide support for IEEE 754? How
> > can we ascertain this?
>
> The Texas Inst. C3x, C4x, and C67xx devices have supported IEEE-754
> single-precision
> format for years, since 1988 when the first C30 was introduced.
>
> Jeff Brower
> DSP sw/hw engineer
> Signalogic
Reply by Brian Carlson●October 19, 20022002-10-19
C3x floating point format is not compatible with IEEE 754.
I believe this decision was made because it was easier/faster
to support another format in those devices.
C4x is also not compatible, but does have instructions to
convert to and from IEEE (TOIEEE/FRIEEE).
6711 does include support for IEEE 754 single and double
precision in hardware.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Brower [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:09 AM
To: Nalin K Pithwa
Cc:
Subject: Re: [c6x] IEEE 754 support
Nalin K Pithwa-
> Does the TMS320C6711 DSP chip provide support for
IEEE 754? How
> can we ascertain this?
The Texas Inst. C3x, C4x, and C67xx devices have supported IEEE-754
single-precision
format for years, since 1988 when the first C30 was introduced.
Jeff Brower
DSP sw/hw engineer
Signalogic
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