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The Intel 8087 chip: floating-point addition and subtraction(righto.com)
102 points by pwg | 33 comments
Ken Shirriff blog post examining the Intel 8087 coprocessor's microcode and circuitry for floating-point addition and subtraction, including special cases.
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