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   Message 129,734 of 131,241   
   Michael S to Waldek Hebisch   
   Re: Zen 5 FP latencies / throughput   
   20 Sep 25 22:10:57   
   
   From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:41:11 -0000 (UTC)   
   antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) wrote:   
      
   >   
   > And note that your mix is 2 multiplies and 4 adds per cycle.   
   > Normal FP mix is closer to 50% multiplies.   
   >   
      
   Normality is the eye of beholder.   
   Consider FFT.   
   Radix-2 butterfly that you find in the books consists of 2 FMUL, 2 FMADD   
   and 4 FADD/FSUB. Radix-4 butterfly that constitutes bulk of modern   
   high-perf implementations is a little less unbalanced, but only a   
   little.   
      
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