On Dec 10,  2:52pm, Mirko VIDOVIC wrote:
> Subject: RE: strongarm and FPU
> De : 	Shana Miah *IMMU* 3320[SMTP:S.Miah@mds.qmw.ac.uk]
> Date d'envoi :	mardi 10 decembre 1996 13:31
> A :	port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG
> Objet :	strongarm and FPU
> >Am I right in saying that the Strongarm does not have a FPU. If not
> >would it be technically or in term cost difficult to build a Stongarm
> >with and integrated FPU ?
>
> Hello,
> The problem is that ART refuses to make one.

I thought that ART's position was that they weren't a large enough customer to
persuade Digital to do a StongARM FPU. If Digital produce one ART will use it.
Maybe someone who was at PB's talk at AW'96 would like to comment.

> But Digital is prepairing Piccolo: a SA coupled with a DSP.
> Hope it'll arrive one day on our machine or that ART will soon change its
mind.

Cheers

Rob


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