VFP floating-point extension

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ARM architecture extension coprocessor feature floating-point unit

The VFP floating-point extension is an ARM architecture coprocessor feature that provides hardware support for high-performance single- and double-precision floating-point arithmetic.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
VFP	1
VFPv1	1
VFPv2	1
VFPv3	1
VFPv3-D16	1
VFPv4	1
VFPv4-D16	1
Vector Floating Point	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ARM architecture extension ⓘ coprocessor feature ⓘ floating-point unit ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	VFP floating-point extension ⓘ surface form: VFP VFP floating-point extension ⓘ surface form: Vector Floating Point
architectureFamily	ARM architecture ⓘ
category	ARM microarchitecture feature ⓘ floating-point arithmetic hardware ⓘ
conformsTo	IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard ⓘ surface form: IEEE 754 floating-point standard
designedFor	high-performance floating-point computation ⓘ
developedBy	Arm Ltd. ⓘ surface form: ARM Limited
hasVersion	VFP floating-point extension self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: VFPv1 VFP floating-point extension self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: VFPv2 VFP floating-point extension self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: VFPv3 VFP floating-point extension self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: VFPv3-D16 VFP floating-point extension self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: VFPv4 VFP floating-point extension self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: VFPv4-D16
implements	floating-point instructions ⓘ floating-point registers ⓘ
improves	floating-point performance compared to software emulation ⓘ
integratedWith	ARM ⓘ surface form: ARM CPU core
provides	hardware floating-point support ⓘ
purpose	accelerate numerical and signal processing workloads ⓘ
relatedTo	NEON SIMD ⓘ surface form: ARM NEON technology ARM ⓘ surface form: ARM coprocessor interface
supports	double-precision floating-point arithmetic ⓘ floating-point addition ⓘ floating-point comparisons ⓘ floating-point conversions between integer and floating-point ⓘ floating-point division ⓘ floating-point exception flags ⓘ floating-point multiplication ⓘ floating-point square root ⓘ floating-point subtraction ⓘ rounding modes ⓘ scalar floating-point operations ⓘ single-precision floating-point arithmetic ⓘ
targetPlatform	32-bit ARM processors ⓘ ARMv5 architecture ⓘ ARMv6 architecture family ⓘ surface form: ARMv6 architecture ARMv7-A architecture ⓘ ARM Cortex-R series ⓘ surface form: ARMv7-R architecture
usedBy	Android devices based on ARM ⓘ operating systems on ARM such as Linux ⓘ
usedIn	consumer electronics ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ mobile devices ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VFP floating-point extension → alsoKnownAs → VFP floating-point extension ⓘ

this entity surface form: VFP

VFP floating-point extension → alsoKnownAs → VFP floating-point extension ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vector Floating Point

ARM → hasExtension → VFP floating-point extension ⓘ