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Sorry but this made my day.

Many thanks again xsistor:cool:.

Your insight has most definitely been helpful in gaining better understanding of how processors process Floating point operations aswell as integers.

Lastly with regards to speeding up the floating point division, you are right in saying there are some methods which exist. I think one of the method is division by reciprocal method which makes it easier to process such division calculations and thus speed up the process.


Many thanks again:)


you have to add forward-slash before youtube in the 2nd bracket and it will come e.g [/MEDIA] and the number in between is the one you copy and paste aftwer watch?=

Just click quote on my post and you will see how it is typed.


 
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WingZero30 said:
Many thanks again xsistor:cool:.
Your insight has most definitely been helpful in gaining better understanding of how processors process Floating point operations aswell as integers.

Lastly with regards to speeding up the floating point division, you are right in saying there are some methods which exist. I think one of the method is division by reciprocal method which makes it easier to process such division calculations and thus speed up the process.


Many thanks again:)


you have to add forward-slash before youtube in the 2nd bracket and it will come e.g [/MEDIA] and the number in between is the one you copy and paste aftwer watch?=

Just click quote on my post and you will see how it is typed.


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Thanks mate. :p So that's what I did wrong I put the whole link between the tags.
 
arknor said:
you come across as an intel fan boy :S
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When was the last time anyone else made a better desktop CPU than Intel?

Oh right, socket 939 days, how ancient :p

BTW I have the same argument with mac fans, who think that their 2 x 2.97 Ghz quad core CPUs = 24 Ghz!!! ZOMG like no PC is better than a mac.

I literally feel like rolling on the floor and laughing, but that wouldnt really look too good.
 
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Bhavv speeaks the truth

/Intel fanboi

:P

Also xsistor, do you have any book suggestions on learning cpu architecture or even understanding the details of hardware?
Don't always like reading on the internet and its nice to just sit down and read through a book
Xsistor
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Famil...8458/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302529560&sr=8-1

This is a pretty good one but I have an older edition which only goes as far as Pentiums. Just bear in mind taht it's not exactly light reading of the variety you'd find on anand tech or something. Here the emphasis is on the requirements of the machine designer. So it covers assembly language along with hardware from the perspective of the computer engineer who is building the circuit boards for an x86 based machine. But it is very thorough and a lot can be acquired from a surface reading of the text.

IIRC most of the coverage focuses on 8086 and 386 as x86 hardware has been an evolution rather than a revolution and it is only possible to study it if you start with the 8086/8088 and work up from there. So it's a great place to start. i.e. All modern 32-bit (x86) systems are essentially 386 processors with a lot of bells and whistles piled on. Understanding the 386 is therefore the key to understanding them right upto the x86-64 spec where things change a little bit.

I had one which went all the way upto the Pentium 4 (and was from that era) but i cant remember where i put it. I think my ex has it or something.

This one is a at lot gentler because some of the systems programming examples are in C/C++ rather than assembler: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Micro...0940/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1302529788&sr=8-2
It starts with the original 8-bit real mode on 8086 and goes upto 64-bit extensions.
Some of the good textbooks can be very expensive though. It's often better to look in a university library or find a slightly older edition and buy it few a few quid second-hand.
 
bhavv said:
When was the last time anyone else made a better desktop CPU than Intel?

Oh right, socket 939 days, how ancient :p

BTW I have the same argument with mac fans, who think that their 2 x 2.97 Ghz quad core CPUs = 24 Ghz!!! ZOMG like no PC is better than a mac.

I literally feel like rolling on the floor and laughing, but that wouldnt really look too good.
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server cpus amd seem very popular...

amd had nothing to do with it anyway hes just dragging them into it so he can show off omg intel are so much better...
 
ewarwoowar said:
I've gone and bought this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Or...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302532118&sr=1-1

Some reviews say its helps as an entry level for the subject. Upon completing it I will probably get their more advanced book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Ar...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302532215&sr=1-1

They say its a bit more advanced. Looking forward to receiving it :D
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Yeah that will be a coverage of general microprocessor design and microprocessor-based system design. The approach will be general rather than focusing on a specific architecture. But they'll use a lot of specific types of hardware as examples. It won't necessarily focus on x86 but probably talk about all different types of competing architectures and also abstract/research type architectures.

To be honest, those x86 books have no formal requirements. But I suppose studying Computer Organisation/Architecture first will make the transition a lot easier. Looking through the contents that does look like a really good read. I should probably get a copy myself.

That second book you linked is definitely introductory.

edit: sorry meant the first was introductory
 
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It might be more cost effective. But I'd imagine something like a GPU Blade server/farm would be even more cost effective. It's trivial to exceed 1 teraflops for that amount of money these days.
 
to be honest to any person knowledge a PC unit and it components will always be above a console components simple-as he just sounds like a completely idiot to me :D
 
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