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One other feature of the FPU that can be taken advantage of is the BCD capability. BCD can be loaded, calculations performed, and data written back out. It allows for 18 4-bit BCD digits plus a sign bit within a number to be processed simultaneously . Due to precision loss, a number represented by BCD and utilizing BCD math is the safest method of representing monetary values (money) without losing pennies. This will be discussed in Chapter 15, "Binary-Coded Decimal."
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PII
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SSE2
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E64T
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