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19-18 Vol. 3
ARCHITECTURE COMPATIBILITY
tions do not exist on the 16-bit IA-32 math coprocessors. The availability of these
new instructions has no impact on existing software.
19.18.7.6 FPTAN Instruction
On the 32-bit x87 FPUs, the range of the operand for the FPTAN instruction is much
less restricted (| ST(0) | < 2
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) than on earlier math coprocessors. The instruction
reduces the operand internally using an internal π/4 constant that is more accurate.
The range of the operand is restricted to (| ST(0) | < π/4) on the 16-bit IA-32 math
coprocessors; the operand must be reduced to this range using FPREM. This change
has no impact on existing software.
19.18.7.7 Stack Overflow
On the 32-bit x87 FPUs, if an FPU stack overflow occurs when the invalid-operation
exception is masked, the FPU returns the real, integer, or BCD-integer indefinite
value to the destination operand, depending on the instruction being executed. On
the 16-bit IA-32 math coprocessors, the original operand remains unchanged
following a stack overflow, but it is loaded into register ST(1). This difference has no
impact on existing software.
19.18.7.8 FSIN, FCOS, and FSINCOS Instructions
On the 32-bit x87 FPUs, these instructions perform three common trigonometric
functions. These instructions do not exist on the 16-bit IA-32 math coprocessors. The
availability of these instructions has no impact on existing software, but using them
provides a performance upgrade.
19.18.7.9 FPATAN Instruction
On the 32-bit x87 FPUs, the range of operands for the FPATAN instruction is unre-
stricted. On the 16-bit IA-32 math coprocessors, the absolute value of the operand in
register ST(0) must be smaller than the absolute value of the operand in register
ST(1). This difference has impact on existing software.
19.18.7.10 F2XM1 Instruction
The 32-bit x87 FPUs support a wider range of operands (–1 < ST (0) < + 1) for the
F2XM1 instruction. The supported operand range for the 16-bit IA-32 math coproces
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sors is (0 ≤ ST(0) ≤ 0.5). This difference has no impact on existing software.
19.18.7.11 FLD Instruction
On the 32-bit x87 FPUs, when using the FLD instruction to load an extended-real
value, a denormal-operand exception is not generated because the instruction is not