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>while RISC-V has its own peculiar ideas on the result of an integer division by zero. Yeah, it does. Its architects knew that it is cheaper to, when necessary
by snvzz 1y ago
>while RISC-V has its own peculiar ideas on the result of an integer division by zero.
Yeah, it does. Its architects knew that it is cheaper to, when necessary, check and branch if the divisor is zero than it is to deal with exceptions.
Thus that hardware budget can instead be used for making the chip faster and more power efficient.