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To: Steve Porter who wrote (28354)	7/17/1998 2:21:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Steve, Since the integer code above doesn't directly depend on the floating point code, a good compiler which recognized that there is only 1 FPU would reorder the integer instructions to the top of the stream, so they weren't "stalled" behind the FP instructions. Aren't integer and FPU independent of each other? For example, if you issue a floating point instruction, and a bunch of integer instructions following it. I think (I am not sure) the integer instructions would start executing immediately. The only time the CPU would stall is when the CPU needs the result of the floating point operation and it is not ready. Joe