Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> In essence x86 is the only architecture where more than sqrt is still 
> supported in microcode hardware. Doing this in software is much more 
> desirable and efficient.

  So they really are making the FPU deliberately less efficient than
it could be?

  How do you calculate the sine and cosine of a 64-bit floating point
value in 17-137 clock cycles in software?

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