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diff --git a/src/l.tex b/src/l.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 30c688d..0000000 --- a/src/l.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -\chapter{``L'' Standard Extension for Decimal Floating-Point, Version 0.0} - -{\bf This chapter is a draft proposal that has not been ratified by - the Foundation.} - -This chapter is a placeholder for the specification of a standard -extension named ``L'' designed to support decimal floating-point -arithmetic as defined in the IEEE 754-2008 standard. - -\section{Decimal Floating-Point Registers} - -Existing floating-point registers are used to hold 64-bit and 128-bit -decimal floating-point values, and the existing floating-point load -and store instructions are used to move values to and from memory. - -\begin{commentary} -Due to the large opcode space required by the fused multiply-add -instructions, the decimal floating-point instruction extension will -require five 25-bit major opcodes in a 30-bit encoding space. -\end{commentary} |