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What is a FPU: Understanding The Basics

A Floating Point Unit (FPU) is a hardware component of a computer system that is responsible for performing mathematical operations on floating-point numbers. It is also known as a co-processor because it works alongside the main processor to handle complex arithmetic computations with high precision and speed. The main purpose of an FPU is to ...