Hi,
I've been some comparisons in C between the 4 basic arithmetic operations (+ , - , * , / ), and surprisingly (for me), add and multiply operations takes the same time: I did the work testes using int and doubles data types and it's the same thing.
Analizing the dissamble code generated by gcc (-S parameter) I noted that the opcodes used are fadd and fmul. According wikipedia, x87 FPU in Athlon 64 employs the same time processing both opcodes.
I'd like to know what is the reason of this curiosity.
Thanks.