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Subject: Re: Byte Addressability And Beyond
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 19:11:22 +0000
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sun, 5 May 2024 20:50:51 -0500, BGB wrote:

>> Say, RISC-V:
>>    Says yes to DIV and MOD;
>>    Says yes to 4-register floating-point multiple-accumulate; Say no to
>>    register-indexed Load/Store.
>> Me: This is not a good balance...

> Multiply-accumulate is at least as much about reducing rounding error as 
> about speed.

It is also an IEEE 754-2008+ requirement.