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|    wolfgang kern to Melzzzzz    |
|    Re: Reciprocal MUL LUT    |
|    25 Apr 18 08:58:41    |
      From: nowhere@never.at              Melzzzzz wrote:       ...       >> I can already hear: "why not use NR 1/x with AVX512 ?". Because only       >> my newest PC has AVX512 and ~160 client machines haven't got it yet.       >> And how fast and precise can the NR-methode become in comparision to       >> a LUT ? ;)              > Why not avx2?              as above, many of my clients haven't avx at all.              > reciprocal calculation is 4 tacts on my machine.       > Program was shown on comp.arch some time ago.              512 bits precise ?       __       wolfgang              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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