[Mp4-tech] About floating point

[asadi dml.aictc.com]

Hi there,
The paragraph indicates that:
    The integer multiply operation takes 11 cycles to execute, because it does
not use pipeline technique.
    But the floating point multiply operation takes 3 cycles to execute, because
it uses pipeline technique.
So, the integer multiply operation is time consuming rather than floating point
multiply.
Regards
Quoting ahmad jalal <jjaji2003 yahoo.com>:
> Hello Expert , 
>  
> I do not understand this paragraph about floating point and integer. 
>  
> " The reason for using floating point instructions instead of integer
> instruction is the nonpipelined, 11-cycle integer multiply operation. The
> floating point multiply takes only three cycles to execute and executes in a
> pipelined unit. "
>  
> Waiting for reply
> Thanks 
> Ahmad 
> 
> 
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