Method and apparatus are disclosed for increasing the speed of mathematical operations in a processor core. The invention increases the speed of mathematical operations by delivering a first instruction indicating the total number of clock cycles a sequence of operations will occupy. On a first subsequent...http://www.google.es/patents/US5978895?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US5978895 - Method for speeding mathematical operations in a processor core
Method for speeding mathematical operations in a processor core