Soldato
Please excuse my ignorance but I recently had a conversation with a gentleman regarding AMD and Intel and he was adamant that AMD did not incorporate a floating point in their cpus ......... is he correct?
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floating point
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I think this may of been the case many many moons ago but these days they come with everything built it
Soldato
He's wrong.
Floating point units have been a standard feature of both Intel and AMD processors for almost 2 decades!
Floating point units have been a standard feature of both Intel and AMD processors for almost 2 decades!
Soldato
Intel 80486 was the first Intel processor to include a built in 'Coprocessor' (FPU), and it was released in 1989, so still another 3 years before 2 decades is up.
Even then it was a another year or so before all Intel X86's included the coprocessor. The 80486SX (Guess intel would call it a Celeron now) didnt include the FPU.
The Pentium was the first Intel chip where there was no 'option' for a cut down version without the FPU. Of course the first 60/66mhz Pentium's had a fault in the FPU. Intel actually did a recall, I remember shipping my Pentium down to Intel in Swindon, for a free replacement.
Even then it was a another year or so before all Intel X86's included the coprocessor. The 80486SX (Guess intel would call it a Celeron now) didnt include the FPU.
The Pentium was the first Intel chip where there was no 'option' for a cut down version without the FPU. Of course the first 60/66mhz Pentium's had a fault in the FPU. Intel actually did a recall, I remember shipping my Pentium down to Intel in Swindon, for a free replacement.
Soldato
Hence why I said "almost 2 decades" 
Soldato
2 decades. Just made me feel old, thinking back on my Amstrad 1512 8086 without a co'processor.
thanks for your input guys .... much appreciated.