[libre-riscv-dev] [isa-dev] FP reciprocal sqrt extension proposal

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Friday, August 9, 2019, Hendrik Boom <hendrik at topoi.pooq.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 09:53:57AM -0700, Allen Baum wrote:
> > CO rdic is great for extremely low gate count implementations. But
> > for highest performance, there are likely much better ways.
>
> It may be useful to provide both imlementations in out codebase, and
> use conditional execution to choose which to put in a particular chip
> design.  This leaves a choice between gate count and speed, which may
> be done differently for different applications.


If our design is to become a Reference Design for the upcoming 3D Open
Graphics Alliance this will be necessary.


> Except, of course, that we have limited time and resources to produce
> our first working designs.


Yyep.  Only TBD with funding / assistance.



>
> I'd suggest for now we choose one: whichever is the simplest, easiest
> to implement and has a reasonable chance of meeting out goals.


There is a difference between doing that (very sensible) and developing an
inclusive standard.


> But stay modular enough that we could swap it out for another if we
> find we need to.
>
>
Yes.

L.



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