VFP floating-point extension

E72125

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
VFP	1
VFP floating-point extension canonical	1
VFPv1	1
VFPv2	1
VFPv3	1
VFPv3-D16	1
VFPv4	1
VFPv4-D16	1
Vector Floating Point	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T576663 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: VFP floating-point extension
Context triple: [ARM, hasExtension, VFP floating-point extension]

A. IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard
The IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard is the globally adopted specification that defines formats and rules for representing and performing binary and decimal floating‑point calculations in computer systems.
B. VMX
VMX is a vector processing extension to the PowerPC architecture designed to accelerate multimedia, signal processing, and other parallelizable computations.
C. AltiVec
AltiVec is a vector processing extension for the PowerPC architecture that accelerates multimedia, signal processing, and other parallelizable computations.
D. VFAT
VFAT is a Linux-compatible variant of the FAT file system that adds support for long filenames and improved interoperability with Windows systems.
E. NVIDIA CUDA
NVIDIA CUDA is a parallel computing platform and programming model that enables developers to use NVIDIA GPUs for general-purpose high-performance computing.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: VFP floating-point extension
Target entity description: 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.

A. IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard
The IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard is the globally adopted specification that defines formats and rules for representing and performing binary and decimal floating‑point calculations in computer systems.
B. VMX
VMX is a vector processing extension to the PowerPC architecture designed to accelerate multimedia, signal processing, and other parallelizable computations.
C. AltiVec
AltiVec is a vector processing extension for the PowerPC architecture that accelerates multimedia, signal processing, and other parallelizable computations.
D. VFAT
VFAT is a Linux-compatible variant of the FAT file system that adds support for long filenames and improved interoperability with Windows systems.
E. NVIDIA CUDA
NVIDIA CUDA is a parallel computing platform and programming model that enables developers to use NVIDIA GPUs for general-purpose high-performance computing.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

ARM → hasExtension → VFP floating-point extension ⓘ

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