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The T800 series did have floating point, and as I understand it, it was one of the most extensive uses of formal methods in processor design of its era http://w
by fanf2 3y ago
The T800 series did have floating point, and as I understand it, it was one of the most extensive uses of formal methods in processor design of its era http://www.transputer.net/tn/06/tn06.html http://www.transputer.net/tn/06/tn06.html
The rough guide to transputers is, T2: 16 bit; T4: 32 bit; T8: FPU; T9: superscalar.
- ColinWright 3y agoYou're absolutely right, I was mistaken. Now I'm trying to remember if out SuperNode had T4s or T8s. I might have to dig out my notes.
- helf 3y agoPlease do. I am fascinated by computer history and finding info from people who worked with them is always welcome. What books do you have? I might be interested in buying them from you :)
- rbanffy 3y agoFrom https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3358994_Parallelising_a_set_of_2-D_frequency_transforms_in_a_flexible_manner https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3358994_Parallelisi... it looks like it was the 805.