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Nils,<br>
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your assertion (incorrect it seems) about no ARM processors supporting
on-board floating point led me to do some searching and sure enough,
ARM, at least, has products that support onboard FPP. Check out the
info at the following urls:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/Cortex-A8.html">http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/Cortex-A8.html</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.us.design-reuse.com/articles/article11580.html">http://www.us.design-reuse.com/articles/article11580.html</a><br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"><font face="Arial"><big>It appears that the Cortex-A8 has an onboard subsystem entitled "Neon" that has FPP and is designed to provide improved support for the kinds of multimedia apps being discussed in this thread.</big>
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