kasperdkasperd@westergaard.social
Sep 27, 2026, 9:25 PMretooted Ken Shirriff
In 1980, Intel introduced the 8087 floating-point coprocessor chip. Plugging this chip into your IBM PC made math 100 times faster, good for CAD and spreadsheets. I opened up the chip to reverse-engineer exactly how it does complicated calculations. Let's take a look inside...