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Explain the features of co-processor 8087.
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written 5.6 years ago by gravatar for meghalikalyankar meghalikalyankar • 2.2k
  • It is a high performance numeric co-processor.
  • It can work on integer, decimal and real type numbers.
  • It has an instruction set capable of doing complex arithmetic and trigonometric calculations.
  • It follows IEEE floating-point standard.
  • 8087 maintains an instruction queue identical to that of the host processor (8086).
  • 8087 has …

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