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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i have just learned that even recentish amd64 kit might not be able to handle subnormal floats without slow microcode.

you know how pext takes up to 290 cycles on zen 2 and it really pisses me off? well fdiv on some i7 can take over 600 cycles when it's in subnormal form!

wtf are we even doing?