denormal floats (was Re: [linux-audio-dev] XAP spec - early scribbles)

[Steve Harris]

On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 04:46:10 +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
> Is this processor specific? I used to get it loads on my PII desktop, but I
> haven't noticed it as much my PIII machine (might just be because it's twice
> the speed). 

It happens on all IEEE machines, though on some (eg. the PS2's vector
units) you can turn it off.

If your machine is memory bound then you wont notice as much.
 
> Cheers for the info guys, I haven't come across this before (day job=games
> programming)

No, see above ;)

- Steve